Amidst his short, yet prolific career, Keith Haring created 45 wall murals around the world, which in hindsight, have become just as essential to the scope of his work as his large-scale paintings. Following a recent Radiant Baby wall drawing that hit auction back in August, Bonhams will include a slice of Haring’s masterful “Grace House Mural” at its upcoming Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale.
The wall panel, measuring 97.5 x 69.25 x 6 inches, was painted with oil-based house paint on a cement wall at Manhattan’s Grace House, a Catholic Youth Organization, in the 1980s. Other notable figures on the original mural included Haring’s barking dogs and various dancing men. As the building closed in 2019, the artwork was carefully removed and sold for roughly $4m USD and has since been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (MCA Denver) and the Schunck Museum in the Netherlands.
Untitled (Radiant Baby) from the Grace House Mural, circa 1983-1984 comes with a pre-estimate of roughly $1m USD and will auction on November 16, 2022 at 5pm ET.
APPortfolio just took the wraps off a new sculpture edition featuring a monochromatic Buzz Lightyear figure. Designed by Joshua Vides, the Toy Storyprotagonist is rendered in Vides’ signature black and white sketch motif.
The Buzz Lightyear sculpture edition will be available in 30cm and 100cm variants. The 30 cm version will be limited to 300 pieces and sold exclusively at the newly opened ARTELLI art store in Macau priced at $6,800 HKD (roughly $866 USD).
he standout 100cm option will only be limited to 50 units and sold through a lottery at APPortfolio’s online store starting November 4 at 10 am HKT through November 9 at 11pm HKT. Each giant piece will cost $98,000 HKD (approximately $12,484 USD).
Check out the teaser image of the sculpture above and let us know your thoughts on this edition. Elsewhere in art, Avant Arte partnered with the artist Larry Bell to release a new sculpture edition entitled Light Knot.
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