[NEWS] Keith Haring’s personal art collection will be sold for charity at Sotheby’s

September 9th, 2020 



Andy Warhol, Portrait of Keith Haring and Juan DuBose, 1983. Est. $200,000–250,000. Courtesy Sotheby’s. 


September 24th - October 1st 

Sotheby's  Online Art Sale 


Attention, my fellow Keith Haring enthusiasts! This coming September 24th, Sotheby's will be hosting a great online auction. This auction is dedicated to raising money for New York City LGBTQ non-profit center. The reason why this auction is so particular is that the auction will serve as an opportunity for collectors to immerse themselves in Keith Haring's life through his personal collection. The title of the auction is "Dear Keith: Works from Keith Haring's Personal Collection." The sale also includes works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, George Condo, Jenny Holzer, and Lee Quiñones, and Roy Lichtenstein. These works have been acquired, sold, or donated to the late artist.



Andy Warhol’s portrait of Keith Haring and Juan Dubose hanging in Haring’s living room in 1989. Photo by Nancy Elizabeth Hill.

Harrison Tenzer, Head of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Online Sales in New York, said in a press release:


"We see the progression of Keith's life captured in these works, from those of his childhood friend Kermit Oswald to SVA peers John Sex and Kenny Scharf, to fellow upstart Jean-Michel Basquiat, to graffiti writers Futura 2000 and Lee Quiñones, to his heroes Andy Warhol, Pierre Alechinsky, and William Burroughs, who he collaborated with during his meteoric rise to fame. Together they illuminate a culturally fertile era in which artists and activists worked closely together to create a world that was more inclusive than the one they were born into." 


This upcoming auction is organized by the Keith Haring Foundation. They guarantee that they will be showing works that have not appeared at the auction before. Also, the sale coincides with the 30th anniversary of the artist's death.



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