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KEITH HARING (TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY 1983) - A SPECTACULAR SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST WITH AN ELABORATE FULL PAGE DRAWING
(HARING, KEITH). Pincus-Witten, Robert, Jeffrey Deitch & David Shapiro. New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1982. First Edition 1/2000. Small Square 4to. Spiral Bound Stiff Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Friedman. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elaborately designed catalogue published in conjunction with Keith Haring's influential first show held at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in 1982. The exhibition elevated Haring's career from that of an East Village Scene street artist to a rising art-star with international visibility. It contains essays by Robert Pincus-Witten, Jeffrey Deitch, and David Shapiro along with copious photographic documentation of both the exhibited pieces and public works in situ. The final thirty-two pages consist of the bound-in black and white artist's book "Keith Haring's Coloring Book, August 29, 1982". An internally bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1982 first printing of this seminal document limited to two thousand unnumbered copies whose vibrant fluorescent pink silkscreened wrappers show some mild wear and soiling to the rear panel along the spine and foredge, with the gallery's vintage 1982 three page artist biography, a press clipping of a very unfavorable New York newspaper (presumably "The Village Voice") review of the show, and Haring's obituaries from "The New York Times" and "The Los Angeles Times" dated Saturday, February 17, 1990 laid in. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 027702