Country of Origin: Czech Republic,Binding: Hardcover,Language: English,Illustrator: Keith Haring,Special Attributes: Rare out of Print, 1st Edition, Illustrated,Author: Marc Gundel,Publisher: Prestel Verlag,Topic: Fine Arts: Monographs,Modified Item: No,Subject: Art & Photography,Year Printed: 2002,Original/Facsimile: Original THIS KEITH HARING RARE VINTAGE 2002 FIRST EDITION " SHORT MESSAGES " POSTERS CATALOGUE RAISONNE LANDMARK VOLUME HARDCOVER POP ART EXHIBITION BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH EMBOSSED SPINE TITLES, AND DUST JACKET IS PUBLISHED BY PRESTEL VERLAG, MUNICH, BERLIN, LONDON, NEW YORK. PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2002 BY GRASPO, ZLIN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THE EXHIBITION " KEITH HARING : SHORT MESSAGES - POSTERS " AT THE VERSICHERUNGSKAMMER BAYERN, MUNICH AND THE MUSEUM FUR KUNST UND GEWERBE, HAMBURG. EDITED BY MARC GUNDEL, WITH ACCOMPANIED ENGLISH AND GERMAN LANGUAGE TEXT. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE KEITH HARING FANS AND COLLECTORS AS THIS COVETED LANDMARK VOLUME HARDCOVER POP ART BOOK IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND. KEITH HARING ( 1958 - 1990 ) WAS AN INCREDIBLY VIBRANT AMERICAN ARTIST AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST WHO'S ARTWORK RESPONDED TO THE 1980'S STREET CULTURE BY EXPRESSING CONCEPTS OF BIRTH, DEATH, LOVE, SEXUALITY, AND WAR. HARING'S WORK WAS OFTEN HEAVILY POLITICAL, HIS IMAGERY BECAME A WIDELY RECOGNIZED VIVID AND ICONIC VISUAL LANGUAGE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HARING'S CLOSE FRIENDS AND INSPIRATIONAL CONTEMPORARIES INCLUDED ANY WARHOL, JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT, AND MADONNA ALL OF WHOM HE COLLABORATED WITH HIN HIS LIFETIME. ARTWORKS BY HARING ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS. HARING EMERGED AS A SHOOTING STAR OF THE NEW YORK ART SCENE IN THE 1980'S. BETWEEN 1982 AND 1990 HE DESIGNED ABOUT EIGHTY-FIVE POSTERS. THESE INCLUDED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR EXHIBITIONS OF HIS WORK AS WELL AS FOR CULTURAL EVENTS AND POLITICAL ISSUES. HARING'S BOLD COLORFUL POSTERS, WITH THEIR OWN PRECISE PICTORIAL LANGUAGE, DIRECT MESSAGES, AND UNIVERSAL APPEAL, STILL EXERT AN INCOMPARABLE FASCINATION ON US TO THIS DAY. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST EDITION HARDCOVER POP ART BOOK MEASURES 9 1/8" W X 12" H X 1/2" D, WITH 96 PAGES. IT FEATURES 84 COLOR AND 16 BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, WITH AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF 85 POSTERS FROM 1982 - 1990. IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND VERY LIGHT MINOR WEAR.