The Story Of Red And Blue 6
The Story Of Red And Blue 6
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£3,400-£5,000
$6,500-$9,500 Value Indicator
$6,000-$9,000 Value Indicator
¥30,000-¥45,000 Value Indicator
€4,050-€6,000 Value Indicator
$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
¥660,000-¥980,000 Value Indicator
$4,300-$6,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 90
Year: 1989
Size: H 56cm x W 42cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Rago - United States | The Story Of Red And Blue 6 - Signed Print | |||
| January 2023 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | The Story Of Red And Blue 6 - Signed Print | |||
| June 2014 | Karl & Faber - Germany | The Story Of Red And Blue 6 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
The Story Of Red And Blue 6 is part of a series of prints called The Story Of Red And Blue by Keith Haring from 1989. This signed colour lithograph is a limited edition of 90.
Presented in the form of a children’s story book, this series is representative of Haring’s desire to create a visual language that appealed to both children and adults alike. Throughout the series he 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 6 shows a line drawing portrait of an unusual looking woman with blue hair and a ghost-like figure appearing from her mouth. 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 this story seems to focus abstractly on the colours red and blue.
