The Paris Review
The Paris Review
Signed Print
Keith Haring
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 200
Year: 1989
Size: H 61cm x W 81cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Doyle New York - United States | The Paris Review - Signed Print | |||
| February 2021 | Rago Arts and Auction Center - United States | The Paris Review - Signed Print | |||
| February 2021 | Wright - United States | The Paris Review - Signed Print | |||
| September 2019 | Sotheby's London - United Kingdom | The Paris Review - Signed Print | |||
| January 2019 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | The Paris Review - Signed Print | |||
| April 2018 | Sotheby's New York - United States | The Paris Review - Signed Print | |||
| May 2017 | Wright - United States | The Paris Review - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
The Paris Review is a signed screen print by Pop Artist, Keith Haring. Created as part of a series of prints and posters by contemporary artists for the literary magazine, The Paris Review, this print was released in 1989 in an edition of 200. Completed in the later stages of his career whereby the artist had reached the height of his fame, the print features the text ‘The Paris Review’ on the left hand side of the image, rendered in Haring’s classic rounded outlines. On the right Haring shows an unusual portrait of a clown-like figure with tentacles growing from its head.
In 1964, the famous quarterly English-language literary magazine The Paris Review initiated a series of prints and posters by contemporary artists with the goal of establishing an ongoing relationship between the art and literary worlds. Haring created this print for the periodical just as many other renowned artists of the post-war decades such as Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney and Louise Bourgeois had done before him
This print uses bright, primary colours and simplified shapes to make a piece that is instantly recognisable as Haring’s work. The unusual but playful image of the clown-figure, rendered through simplified and flattened shapes, appeals to both adults and children alike, highlighting Haring’s desire to create a universal art to be understood by the masses.