Apocalypse 9
Apocalypse 9
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£4,950-£7,500
$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator
$9,000-$13,500 Value Indicator
¥50,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator
€5,500-€8,500 Value Indicator
$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator
¥930,000-¥1,410,000 Value Indicator
$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 90
Year: 1988
Size: H 96cm x W 96cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Sotheby's London | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2023 | Uppsala Auktionskammare | Sweden | |||
| March 2023 | Sotheby's Online | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2022 | Dorotheum, Vienna | Austria | |||
| June 2021 | Germann Auctions | Switzerland | |||
| June 2020 | Dorotheum, Vienna | Austria | |||
| February 2020 | Bertolami Fine Arts | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
This signed screen print is a limited edition of 90 from Keith Haring’s Apocalypse series (1988). Making up one of the artist’s most compelling works, Apocalypse 9 shows a demonic head, ‘devil sperm’ and a naked man hanging upside down from his feet. This print is created with bright splashes of green, red and yellow and thick, bold lines.
Haring uses collage to embed a 19th century portrait of Saint Fabiola into the print and form the head of a deformed creature. Fabiola was a nurse and Roman matron who renounced all earthly pleasures to devote her immense wealth to helping the poor and sick. Contextualising the original image within the chaotic scene through his pop-graffiti style, Haring uses this historical imagery and high culture to provoke dialogue on contemporary concerns with HIV/AIDS.
Two of Haring’s most cited works of influence, Dante’s Inferno and Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, come to the forefront in this image. In Apocalypse 9 the end of the world is strongly linked to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Dante and Bosch’s works are famous for their moralistic tone and Haring is citing these works, in his distinct cynical approach, to present a dire warning on the perils of sexual joy.
