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Artworks
Keith Haring
DES REFUSES / WESTBETH PAINTERS SPACE (INVITATION), 1981Ink, card4 × 5 1/4 in. | 10.2 × 13.3 cmOriginal printed and hand cut invitation for the exhibition Des Refuses at Westbeth Painters Space, advertised as Haring’s “first one-man show in New York City.” Hand addressed, on the reverse,...Original printed and hand cut invitation for the exhibition Des Refuses at Westbeth Painters Space, advertised as Haring’s “first one-man show in New York City.”
Hand addressed, on the reverse, by Keith Haring to Tony Shafrazi in 1981, thus an early example documenting the beginning of a relationship that would catapult Haring to the forefront of the international art world. One year later, in 1982, Haring would have his first show at Shafrazi’s former gallery space at 163 Mercer Street in Soho.
The card is well-preserved with minor age toning.Provenance
Private Collection (NYC) - Gift of the artist | Artificial Gallery (London)
