About the artwork
Keith Haring, Four works from the Lucio Amelio Suite, 1983, offset lithograph on wove paper, 150 × 130 cm. This set brings together four emblematic images that testify to the graphic and narrative force of Haring's language in the early 1980s. The stylized figures, drawn in vibrant black lines, evolve in dynamic scenes populated by moving bodies, hybrid creatures and symbols linked to technology, energy and the transmission of knowledge. Each image functions autonomously, yet is part of a visual and conceptual continuity, revealing the artist's ambition to create a universal vocabulary, immediately legible and deeply rooted in its time.
Expert opinion
From the expert's point of view, this suite is particularly representative of Keith Haring's artistic maturity in the early 1980s. The collaboration with Lucio Amelio anchors the work in a strong international context, linking the New York scene to the European avant-garde. The quality of the print, the legibility of the line and the symbolic density of the images make this a work of reference, both historically significant and aesthetically powerful. On the market, the works from this suite are valued for their institutional importance, their solid editorial provenance and their ability to embody the very essence of Haring's work.
About the artist
Keith Haring (1958-1990) was one of the leading figures of New York urban art in the 1980s. After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York, he made a name for himself by spontaneously drawing with white chalk on black subway billboards. His playful, immediate and engaging style soon met with great success. His work is deeply influenced by graffiti, comics and street culture, but also by strong political themes: the fight against racism, the prevention of AIDS (from which he died in 1990), and the denunciation of social injustice.
Haring firmly believed in the accessibility of art: he opened his Pop Shop in 1986 to make his works affordable, while continuing to produce monumental public works around the world. His works have been exhibited many times, notably in New York in 1982 and in 2013 at the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
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