Keith Haring, Drawing on Image of Kim Basinger, 1987, Felt Pen on Photograph

Unique piece.
Rare drawing by Keith Haring on a magazine page representing the American actress Kim Basinger. The drawing appears on the back of the page, which features a second photo of Kim Basinger.
The motif represents one of Keith Haring's favorite characters, a winged character jumping on the image of Kim Basinger lying down. The lines of movement are characteristic of Keith Haring who thus manages to create life in the drawing.
Black felt pen drawing; Black ink drawing on a February 1986 Interview Magazine newspaper page depicting Kim Basinger. Interview is an American magazine founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol and British journalist John Wilcock. The magazine, nicknamed "The Crystal Ball of Pop", features intimate conversations between the world's most creative people.
This page was torn from the magazine published in February 1986 about Kim Basinger.

Signed and dated by Keith Haring.
1987.

Framed. Black mat that highlights the work.
Very decorative. Rare work.

Page size: 16.93 inch x 10.63inch
Frame size: 17.72 inch x 23.62 inch

Keith Haring, born May 4, 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania and died February 16, 1990 in New York, was an American artist, draftsman, painter and sculptor.
His white chalk drawings are often found in public spaces and New York City subways. He was inspired from an early age by Walt Disney cartoons, especially Mickey, and by his father, an amateur designer.
When he came across an exhibition of the works of Pierre Alechinksy, he decided to pursue a career in the fine arts. He moved to New York in the late 1970s to take classes at the School of Visual Arts, and quickly immersed himself in the city's graffiti culture. In the mid-1980s, he became friends with artists like Andy Warhol, founder of Pop Art, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The Haring style is marked by the repetition of synthetic forms underlined in black with bright colors on various supports.
His desire to make his art accessible to as many people as possible led him to open, in 1986, in the SoHo district, his Pop Shop at 292 Lafayette Street, where he sold various works of art, objects, posters, illustrated by himself. even. This very controversial approach in artistic circles is nevertheless strongly supported by his friends and by his mentor Andy Warhol.

Provenance: Collection of a Pop Art collector - Paris.