Lot #979: KEITH HARING - Fertility Suite - Original offset lithographs

                       

Artist: Keith Haring (American, 1958 - 1990).
Title: "Fertility Suite [the complete set of 6 announcement cards in the original printed folder - a "mini portfolio"]".
Medium: Original offset lithographs.
Date: Composed 1983. Printed 1983.
Dimensions: Overall size: (each) 4 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (121 x 137 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $1,600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $2,500/3,000
Lot Note(s): Each card, including the "text" card, signed by Haring in black marker. Edition c200. Light cream smooth stiff wove paper. The full sheets. Fine impressions. Fine condition, both the six cards and the folder. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Littmann 30-33.
Comment(s): A very rare and highly sought after item, especially since the set of five regular edition screenprints fetched $161,000 at Christie's, New York, 10/23/2014, lot #252. “Gordon’s” locates only one miniature suite at auction since 1985, a signed set that sold for $2,250 at Leslie Hindman Inc. , Chicago, 5/23/2017, lot #409. Images copyright © The Keith Haring Foundation. [29787-2-1600-NA]