richard AVEDON
keith HARING
john SEX
"Happy Birthday 1985
John Sex- Love, Keith”, 1985
Brooke Shields by Richard Avedon and Keith Haring, Poster, 1985, UNIQUE Test Version, Double Image, Signed / Dated / Inscribed Twice- John Sex at upper left & lower right corners by KH (replicating double image), offset print in colors on smooth wove paper, published by Andrew Grenshaw Ltd. New York,
25-1/2 x 36 in. (64.8 x 91.4 cm).
Condition:
Near MINT- slight crease at right bottom corner
(see pics).
Provenance:
Collection of John Sex, NY
Heritage Auctions, NY
Private Collection, Miami
Note:
John Sex (John McLaughlin), attended the School
of Visual Arts in New York City, where he knew Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. He often used the print studio there to create punk-style posters for downtown bands, and later for himself. He exhibited some of his word-based art at the "Beyond Words" show at the Mudd Club – alongside artists such as Haring, Kenny Scharf, and Futura 2000 and performers Iggy Pop, Fab Five Freddy and Alan Vega – and at the "New York / New Wave" exhibition at P.S. 1, both in 1981. a UNIQUE piece of 1980's NYC ARTSEEN ephemera