Keith Haring at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 15th – 12th May, 1986:

A rare, sought-after catalog to Keith Haring's first major solo museum show. Very good condition; and from this standpoint even more difficult to find. Features silkscreens front and back cover illustrations defined by crisp, bright, lush colors. 83 pages; illustrated throughout with rare photographic images and unique early examples of the Haring's work and beyond; further includes an in-depth interview with the artist. A great display piece and must have Haring collectible importantly produced during the artist's lifetime.

10 x 12 inches.
Softcover; 83 pages. Preface by Wim Beeren. Text in Dutch and English.
Minor spotting in a couple of areas of front cover; in otherwise very good to excellent overall vintage condition.

Keith Haring Amsterdam 1986:
"When Keith Haring’s first major solo exhibition was staged in Stedelijk Museum in 1986, the artist was beginning to gain great affection and admiration within the larger audience. Alongside his iconic paintings and drawings, Haring wanted to create a site-specific work especially devised for this show. Therefore, he had laid out a massive velum on the floor, measuring almost 40 x 66 feet, 12 x 20 meters, and created a stunning canvas in just one day, using only spray paint. Painting rapidly and rhythmically while moving over the canvas to the hip-hop playing in the background, Haring made quite a performance of it, while photographers and journalists looked on. Featuring dancing, waving figures, crawling babies and squirming animals, the canvas was stretched below the monumental glass cupola above the historic staircase, filtering daylight into the grand hallway.

At the time of the show, Keith Haring was involved in many other activities in the city of Amsterdam, outside of the museum. Using the city as his canvas, he joined young, local, graffiti artists to create some stunning artworks that commanded attention. Among those pieces is a mural on the façade of the former Stedelijk storage depot on the Jan van Galenstraat, painted while working from a crane. Described by the Amsterdam artist Jan Rothuizen, who was there at the time, as a kind of a happy dinosaur with an elongated neck, it is Haring’s largest surviving public artwork in Europe. This painting still stands today, yet it is hidden from the view, concealed by weatherboarding installed to protect the building against damp conditions." (source: Widewalls 10/17)

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