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Keith Haring The Valley 1 (Littmann PP. 137) For Sale
Keith Haring
The Valley 1 (Littmann PP. 137), 1989
Etching
14 x 12 1/2 in 35.6 x 31.8 cm
About this work
The Valley 1 (Littmann PP. 137) is the first etching in Keith Haring’s 1989 series The Valley—the opening image of a suite of sixteen compositions that marks one of the most significant departures in his artistic practice. Executed in etching on paper and measuring 14 by 12 1/2 inches (35.6 x 31.8 cm), this inaugural plate introduces both the technique and the imaginative world that will define the series: a world constructed not in the bold, thick lines of Haring’s celebrated public art but in the fine, intricate marks of intaglio, accumulating into compositions of unusual density and psychological complexity. The Valley 1 opens the series’ narrative with the authority of an artist who has deliberately chosen to work in a register very different from his most recognised work. As the opening plate, this etching establishes the visual territory of the valley—a fictional landscape of chaos, transformation, and dark surrealism that stands in pointed contrast to the joyful accessibility of Haring’s murals, subway drawings, and graphic prints. The fine lines of the etching process create a compositional texture that invites close and sustained examination, rewarding the kind of intimate viewing that the work’s modest scale facilitates. From the very first plate, The Valley signals its ambition: this is a work that asks more of the viewer, that inhabits a more complex and troubling imaginative space. The Valley was produced in collaboration with William S. Burroughs, the celebrated author who contributed text to accompany the complete series of sixteen etchings. Their partnership—between one of American visual culture’s most beloved public figures and one of its most challenging literary outsiders—produced a work whose significance extends across both artistic disciplines. The first plate of The Valley is the threshold of that collaboration: the beginning of a journey into territory both artists navigated with remarkable courage and skill.
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Keith Haring prints for sale at Guy Hepner include works from the most sought-after series in his catalogue: the Blueprint Drawings, Retrospect, Lucky Strike, Andy Mouse, and the Pop Shop editions. Keith Haring paintings for sale and Keith Haring original art for sale through our New York gallery are sourced from authenticated secondary market collections with full provenance.
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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Keith Haring paintings for sale represent some of the most sought-after works on the contemporary secondary market. His paintings — executed in acrylic on canvas, tarpaulin, or found materials — carry his full signature vocabulary: interlocking figures, radiating lines, and the symbolic shorthand developed across thousands of public works and private commissions. Major series include the Blueprint Drawings, Icons, and monumental canvases that translate his street aesthetic into gallery-scale statements.
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Keith Haring prints for sale encompass a rich body of editions produced throughout the 1980s. His screenprint series are particularly prized: Andy Mouse, Lucky Strike, Retrospect (1989), and the Pop Shop editions produced through his own retail venture on Lafayette Street. Signed and numbered editions from these series are the most actively traded and form the foundation of many Haring collections.
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