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Keith Haring The Valley 7 (Littmann PP. 139) For Sale

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Keith Haring - The Valley 7 (Littmann PP. 139), 1989, Etching

The Valley 7 (Littmann PP. 139), 1989

Etching

14 x 12 1/2 in 35.6 x 31.8 cm

About this work

The Valley 7 (Littmann PP. 139) is the seventh etching in Keith Haring’s 1989 series The Valley—a composition that marks the beginning of the series’ central section, where the visual world of the valley is depicted with the greatest density and imaginative force. Executed in etching on paper and measuring 14 by 12 1/2 inches (35.6 x 31.8 cm), this plate belongs to a cluster of works catalogued under Littmann PP. 139—a section of the series in which the fine-line intaglio technique reaches its fullest expressive development. By the seventh plate, the world of the valley is completely realised, its atmosphere of dark surrealism and unsettling transformation no longer in the process of being established but fully inhabited and explored. The quality of visual attention visible in The Valley 7 reflects the sustained creative investment Haring brought to this series. Each fine line of the etching contributes to a compositional fabric of considerable complexity, the intricate marks of the intaglio process creating a surface whose depth and specificity stand in remarkable contrast to the bold graphic simplicity of Haring’s most widely recognised work. The figures and forms that populate this plate inhabit a space defined simultaneously by their enigmatic nature and by the precision of the marks that give them form. The Valley was produced as a joint work with William S. Burroughs, and The Valley 7 is part of the sustained visual argument that the two artists construct together across the full sixteen-plate suite. The etching carries the weight of both a standalone work of graphic art and a chapter in a larger narrative—one that explores territories of experience and imagination where the optimism and democratic energy of Haring’s public work gives way to something more complex, more shadowed, and ultimately more searching.

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Auction History

Keith Haring - The Valley

The Valley · Keith Haring · Sotheby's · 2024-09 · $23,564

Keith Haring - The Valley

The Valley · Keith Haring · Christie's · 1999-11 · $7,475

Keith Haring - Untitled (from The Valley), 1989

Untitled (from The Valley), 1989 · Keith Haring · Freeman's · 2026-04 · $7,040

Keith Haring - Untitled (from The Valley series)

Untitled (from The Valley series) · Keith Haring · Rago · 2023-10 · $5,670

Keith Haring - The Valley: one plate (L. p. 141)

The Valley: one plate (L. p. 141) · Keith Haring · Phillips · 2025-10 · $4,515

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Keith Haring (1958–1990) transformed the walls of the New York City subway into a gallery before taking his visual language to the world's most prestigious museums. Born in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, he arrived in New York in 1978 and developed the bold, energetic vocabulary — radiant babies, barking dogs, crawling figures — that would define his legacy. His career was cut short when he died of AIDS-related complications in 1990 at thirty-one, having compressed a lifetime's output into a decade of extraordinary productivity.

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