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(HARING, KEITH). Haring, Keith. KEITH HARING: "FROHE WEIHNACHTEN! / HAPPY NEW YEAR 1989!" SILKSCREEN PRINT FOR GALERIE HANS MAYER. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Galerie Hans Mayer, 1988. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Oblong 4to. Silkscreened Print. Artist's Multiple. Fine. One 16 ½ x 10 ¼" art paper sheet silkscreened in gold ink, recto only, machine-folded vertically in half, 1 color illustration. Designed by Keith Haring. This is Keith Haring's New Year's greeting in the form of a silkscreen print commissioned by the artist's longtime German representative, Galerie Hans Mayer little more than a year before his untimely passing. It intones in gold ink "FROHE WEIHNACHTEN! / HAPPY NEW YEAR 1989! / GALERIE HANS MAYER" in the artist's hand with a bold "© Keith Haring" signature in the screen. The image depicts seven of his familiar interlinked dancing figures with lines radiating ringing in the holiday. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon…

A retrospective of Keith Haring's work, chronicling his vibrant art style and the cultural impact of his art in the 1980s.