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Blueprint Drawings
Keith Haring's 1990 Blueprint Drawings, his last cohesive project, revisit original drawings from the 1980s and incorporate his most recognizable motifs. The theme of homosexuality, otherness, and death was controversial initially—causing none of the drawings to be sold on debut—but was undeniable by the time the prints were published.
Keith Haring The Blueprint Drawings For sale
The Blueprint Drawings Value (5 Years)
With 68 auction appearances since 2004, Keith Haring's The Blueprint Drawings series is one of the most actively traded in the market. Prices have varied significantly – from £3,059 to £27,500 – driven by fluctuations in factors that contribute to value such as condition, rarity, signature status and market timing. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £11,900, with an average annual growth rate of 4.49% across the series. Peak hammer prices have reached £27,500 for top-performing works. Factors that enhance value include signed examples (a premium is placed on rare variants and signed works), condition and limited supply; auction data shows a premium for signed works. Private market activity remains evident for desirable pieces. The market view is of measured growth with room for further appreciation.
The Blueprint Drawings Market value
Auction Results
| Artwork | Auction Date | Auction House | Return to Seller | Hammer Price | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Blueprint Drawings 13 Keith Haring Signed Print | 16 Apr 2025 | Phillips New York | 5,525 | 6,500 | 9,000 |
 The Blueprint Drawings 5 Keith Haring Signed Print | 16 Apr 2025 | Phillips New York | 7,225 | 8,500 | 11,500 |
 The Blueprint Drawings 14 Keith Haring Signed Print | 23 Jan 2025 | Phillips London | 11,900 | 14,000 | 19,000 |
 The Blueprint Drawings 1 Keith Haring Signed Print | 24 Oct 2024 | Phillips New York | 17,850 | 21,000 | 29,000 |
 The Blueprint Drawings 6 Keith Haring Signed Print | 4 Jun 2024 | Rago | 7,650 | 9,000 | 12,000 |
 The Blueprint Drawings (complete set) Keith Haring Signed Print | 19 Apr 2022 | Phillips New York | 272,000 | 320,000 | 430,000 |
 The Blueprint Drawings 9 Keith Haring Signed Print | 16 Mar 2022 | Sotheby's Online | 17,850 | 21,000 | 28,000 |
 The Blueprint Drawings 17 Keith Haring Signed Print | 7 Dec 2019 | Koller Zurich | 14,450 | 17,000 | 21,000 |
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Meaning & Analysis
The monochrome, almost comic-strip style Blueprint Drawings are considered the last cohesive project of Haring’s career, screen printed in 1990. Originally produced as unique works on paper with Sumi ink, Haring displayed these works in a one-week exhibition in Manhattan in 1980 where not a single drawing was sold. However, he did find success in the sale of several blueprint copies of the original drawings and so revisited the subject in 1990, a month before his tragic death creating a portfolio of 17 screen prints of the original images.
Incorporating some of his most recognisable figurative motifs, this series of prints is rendered exclusively in black and white in Haring’s trademark linear style. Throughout The Blueprint Drawings series there are images of radiating bodies, dotted landscapes and figures, UFO’s, barking dogs and penetration that come together to form an ambiguous narrative on homosexuality, otherness, and death. The striking simplicity of the series works to confront these complex themes head-on and it is clear that Haring is unafraid to use explicit sexual imagery throughout. Additionally, like much of his other work, the prints in this series were left untitled, thus leaving the viewer with an open-ended visual language to be honestly interpreted without bias.
