Keith Haring / Pop Shop (1986)

Original catalogue, New York, Tseng Kwong Chi (Photography and artistic direction), [1986]. One page folded in 4. 27.7 x 20 cm (folded) and 50 x 40 cm (unfolded). Condition: very good despite some stains on the back.

800€

Rare catalog of the store founded by Keith Haring in 1986 on Lafayette Street in Manhattan. You can find all the artist’s derivative products there, including T-shirts, magnets, embroidered patches, a coloring book, the catalog of his exhibition at the Shafrazi gallery in 1982, his famous Inflatable baby, pins, etc. . As a bonus on the back a magnificent poster of Keith Haring.

 

The artist said: “Here’s the philosophy behind the Pop Shop: I wanted to continue this same sort of communication as with the subway drawings. I wanted to attract the same wide range of people, and I wanted it to be a place where , yes, not only collectors could come, but also kids from the Bronx. The main point was that we didn’t want to produce things that would cheapen the art. In other words, this was still an art statement”.