Montreux Jazz Festival - Keith Haring
Unsigned
Screenprint in colours on lightweight paper
From the unnumbered edition of unknown size
1983
Sheet – 70 x 100cm
Printed by Serigraphie Uldry Bern, Switzerland
Unframed
One of three gorgeous screenprints in colours designed in 1983, the striking colours of this particular poster are as bold now as they were the day this was printed.
In otherwise immaculate condition, there are one or two marks/creases on the poster (as you’d expect from what was considered an ephemeral work at the time), please see photos for an accurate view of the condition of this piece.
The first official exhibition of Keith Haring’s work was held in 1982 at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, and was hugely successful. Pierre Keller met Haring a few months later and asked him to produce a Festival poster featuring a dancing figure. Haring came up with three designs, all of which were accepted. Keller and Nobs had the brainwave of inviting the New York artist to Montreux. As always, Haring painted constantly, producing murals on large blank panels on stage with the musicians and in the streets of Montreux.
Unsigned
Screenprint in colours on lightweight paper
From the unnumbered edition of unknown size
1983
Sheet – 70 x 100cm
Printed by Serigraphie Uldry Bern, Switzerland
Unframed
One of three gorgeous screenprints in colours designed in 1983, the striking colours of this particular poster are as bold now as they were the day this was printed.
In otherwise immaculate condition, there are one or two marks/creases on the poster (as you’d expect from what was considered an ephemeral work at the time), please see photos for an accurate view of the condition of this piece.
The first official exhibition of Keith Haring’s work was held in 1982 at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, and was hugely successful. Pierre Keller met Haring a few months later and asked him to produce a Festival poster featuring a dancing figure. Haring came up with three designs, all of which were accepted. Keller and Nobs had the brainwave of inviting the New York artist to Montreux. As always, Haring painted constantly, producing murals on large blank panels on stage with the musicians and in the streets of Montreux.
Unsigned
Screenprint in colours on lightweight paper
From the unnumbered edition of unknown size
1983
Sheet – 70 x 100cm
Printed by Serigraphie Uldry Bern, Switzerland
Unframed
One of three gorgeous screenprints in colours designed in 1983, the striking colours of this particular poster are as bold now as they were the day this was printed.
In otherwise immaculate condition, there are one or two marks/creases on the poster (as you’d expect from what was considered an ephemeral work at the time), please see photos for an accurate view of the condition of this piece.
The first official exhibition of Keith Haring’s work was held in 1982 at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, and was hugely successful. Pierre Keller met Haring a few months later and asked him to produce a Festival poster featuring a dancing figure. Haring came up with three designs, all of which were accepted. Keller and Nobs had the brainwave of inviting the New York artist to Montreux. As always, Haring painted constantly, producing murals on large blank panels on stage with the musicians and in the streets of Montreux.
Keith Haring (1958-1990) rose to prominence in 1980s New York within the East Village art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Jenny Holzer.
Haring bridged the gap between the art world and the street, getting up on city subways and sidewalks before committing to a studio practice. Haring united the appeal of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists such as Jean DuBuffet as he developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic that comprised energetic, boldly outlined figures against solid or patterned backdrops. His major themes included exploitation, subjugation, drug abuse, and the threat of nuclear holocaust; Haring boldly engaged with social issues, especially after receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 1987. Today, his work sells for seven figures at auction and has been the subject of solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, among other institutions.