The Story Of Red And Blue 12
The Story Of Red And Blue 12
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£2,400-£3,600Value Indicator
$5,000-$7,500 Value Indicator
$4,400-$6,500 Value Indicator
¥23,000-¥35,000 Value Indicator
€2,800-€4,200 Value Indicator
$25,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
¥450,000-¥680,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 90
Year: 1989
Size: H 51cm x W 23cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Rago | United States | |||
| October 2023 | Phillips New York | United States | |||
| January 2018 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2015 | Artcurial | France | |||
| June 2014 | Karl & Faber | Germany |
Meaning & Analysis
The Story Of Red And Blue 12 is a signed colour lithograph by Pop artist, Keith Haring. Released in 1989 in a limited edition of 90, this print is part of The Story Of Red And Blue series. Representative of Haring’s desire to create a visual language that appealed to both children and adults alike, the series is formed of a variety of simplified images reminiscent of children’s fictional characters. Throughout the series Haring limits his colour palette to bright red and blue and renders each image in his distinctive linear style with black rounded lines.
The Story Of Red And Blue 12 features a line drawing of a sunflower and a tall, bright blue figure embracing one another. This is a playful and appealing image that is reminiscent of traditional children’s story book illustrations, however throughout the series there seems not to be any cohesive storyline.
Across the first half of the series, each print alternates in colour between red and blue and by the end of the series the two colours appear together in the prints. In each print Haring uses simplified and generic pictograms to produce the effect of a children’s story book without a sensical storyline, where instead the story seems to focus abstractly on the colours red and blue.
Keith Haring was a luminary of the 1980s downtown New York scene. His distinctive visual language pioneered one-line Pop Art drawings and he has been famed for his colourful, playful imagery. Haring's iconic energetic motifs and figures were dedicated to influencing social change, and particularly challenging stigma around the AIDS epidemic. Haring also pushed for the accessibility of art by opening Pop Shops in New York and Japan, selling a range of ephemera starting from as little as 50 cents. Haring's legacy has been cemented in the art-activism scene and is a testament to power of art to inspire social change
