Keith Haring New York 1985:
Original 1985 Keith Haring exhibit poster for Poster for: Keith haring Paintings at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, October 26 – November 30, 1985, and Keith Haring Sculptures at Leo Castelli Gallery, October 26 – November 23, 1985.

Offset lithograph; 17 x 25 inches.

Minor signs of handling & some lower edge wear; otherwise well-preserved & in good overall condition.

Unsigned from an edition of unknown.

Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) was an artist and social activist who became a star of the 1980s New York art scene. Along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haring was a central figure in Warhol's creative and social circle. Through his public murals, subway drawings, as well as his prints and paintings, Haring created a range of images that have become internationally recognized and iconicized across a plethora of genres and industries.

Tony Shafrazi
In 1979, Shafrazi opened his first New York gallery, and within a few years he had made his reputation handling talents like Donald Baechler and then-hot graffiti artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenny Scharf and also European artists like Brian Clarke, Enzo Cucchi, Hervé Di Rosa and Jean-Charles Blais. In 1990, he opened a new 13,000-square-foot gallery at 119 Wooster Street, with an exhibition entitled "American Masters of the 60's" and including Carl Andre, Tom Wesselmann, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.

In 1999, the Francis Bacon estate chose Shafrazi as its United States representative. In 2004, the gallery opened another space on 26th Street with a large show of paintings by Picasso, Francis Bacon and Basquiat.

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