In the style of Keith Haring framed drawing on paper: Galerie Watari (Haring in Japan), 1983........ Measures: 19 x 28 cms……………………… This item will sell as "in the style of” (under Auction Policies) ………. Keith Haring was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Much of his work includes sexual allusions that turned into social activism by using the images to advocate for safe sex and AIDS awareness. In addition to solo gallery exhibitions, he participated in renowned national and international group shows such as documenta in Kassel, the Whitney Biennial in New York, the São Paulo Biennial, and the Venice Biennale. The Whitney Museum held a retrospective of his art in 1997. He produced more than 50 public artworks between 1982 and 1989, many of them created voluntarily for hospitals, day care centers and schools. In 1986, he opened the Pop Shop as an extension of his work.

Good conditions, "In the style of" works points out an influence of the style of the named master artist, but with the connotation that the named creator had little or nothing to do with the actual work at hand. (Source: Cataloging Cultural Objects,2006)