HARING Keith (1958-1990) - Lot 57

HARING Keith (1958-1990) Untitled / Silkscreen print by Andy Mouse on genuine one-dollar bill / Hand-signed on the front by Keith Haring / On the reverse: Numbered label from Tony Shafrazi Gallery and stamped with the signature of Lucio Amelio, Keith Haring's gallery owner in Naples, Italy. On verso: Numbered Tony Shafrazi Gallery vignette and signature stamp by Lucio Amelio, Keith Haring's gallery owner in Naples, Italy, as well as a postal stamp postmarked 10.02.1987 and the hologram "Verification of authenticity"/. Certificate of authenticity from ORO Cartier s.p.a and envelope with Lucio Amelio's ink stamp / 6.6 x 15.5 cm Born on May 4, 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Keith Haring is an artist and draughtsman who is considered a leading figure in contemporary art. Attracted to art and drawing from an early age, Keith Haring entered Pittsburgh's Ivy School of Professional Art at the age of 18. Bored with advertising design, he left the school at the end of his first year and enrolled at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Immersed in the intellectual and artistic ferment of New York in the 1980s, Keith Haring began to use the city as a medium for his creativity. Inspired by the graffiti that covered the city's walls, he chose unused billboards in the corridors of the New York subway to create his drawings, making them visible to the greatest number of people. Keith Haring quickly gained recognition in the pop art world, and his first exhibitions met with great success.