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(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.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Friedman. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the elaborately designed catalogue published in conjunction with the massive 1982 Keith Haring show held at Tony Shafrazi Gallery. 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 of this consist of the bound-in black and white artist's book "Keith Haring's Coloring Book, August 29, 1982". An exceptionally bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1982 first edition limited to two thousand unnumbered copies showing two slight surface abrasions to the front cover where the black ink has streaked and a bit of the fluorescent pink screenprinting has partially come away from the underlying cardstock additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "For Joyce - / X KEITH HARING FEB. 17-83" in thick silver marker above and below an ELABORATE ORIGINAL DRAWING of two running radiant figures reassembling a broken heart. This copy was acquired directly from the library of its original recipient. Inventory Number: 027702