Two Figures and Clock - Keith Haring - Edition Number: 98/150

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Two Figures and Clock - Keith Haring - 1982

Limited Edition Lithograph on Lenox Museum Board

  • Edition Number: 98/150 (Hand-numbered in Pencil)

  • Dimensions: 70 × 50 cm

  • Category: Estate Edition, 1990

  • Publisher: Published by the Keith Haring Foundation

  • Authentication:

    • Plate-signed in front

    • Official Keith Haring Foundation Estate Stamp

    • Official Blind-stamp (Embossed logo) of the Keith Haring Foundation

    • Hologram Authentication Label on verso

  • Provenance: Acquired from a premier European Art Gallery

  • Condition: Absolute Mint Condition

Two Figures and Clock - Keith Haring - 1982

Limited Edition Lithograph on Lenox Museum Board

  • Edition Number: 98/150 (Hand-numbered in Pencil)

  • Dimensions: 70 × 50 cm

  • Category: Estate Edition, 1990

  • Publisher: Published by the Keith Haring Foundation

  • Authentication:

    • Plate-signed in front

    • Official Keith Haring Foundation Estate Stamp

    • Official Blind-stamp (Embossed logo) of the Keith Haring Foundation

    • Hologram Authentication Label on verso

  • Provenance: Acquired from a premier European Art Gallery

  • Condition: Absolute Mint Condition

The Mechanics of Time: A Kinetic Dialogue

Two Figures and Clock captures the raw energy of Keith Haring’s seminal 1982 period. While this 1990 Estate Edition was published following the artist's final wishes, the composition originates from 1982—the year Haring’s subway drawings began to achieve global notoriety. The work explores the human relationship with the relentless passage of time through two figures interacting with a vibrating clock, a central symbol in Haring’s lexicon.

The Blackboard Aesthetic: Art in Transit

This work serves as a high-fidelity tribute to Haring’s origins as a pioneer of "Art in Transit." The white-on-black "chalk-style" line recreates the high-contrast aesthetic of his legendary New York Subway Drawings. The black field mirrors the matte-black paper of the subway's unused advertising panels—a void that the figures illuminate through their rhythmic, kinetic motion.

Highlights

  • Historic 1982 Composition: A direct link to Haring's most important early creative cycle and his transition into the global gallery scene.

  • 1990 Definitive Edition: Published by the Keith Haring Foundation to preserve the artist’s legacy using museum-grade Lenox Board.

  • Subway Drawing Aesthetic: The iconic "chalk-on-black" palette, representing the raw visual impact of the New York underground.

  • Matrix Integrity (98/150): As part of a strictly limited run of only 150, this pull retains exceptional "chalk-white" line definition and deep pigment saturation against the textured black field.