Fertility (Untitled #4)

Keith Haring (1958 – 1990, USA) “The Fertility Suite – Untitled #4” - Limited-edition silkscreen reproduction of Haring’s 1983 image; plate signed and hand numbered (21/200) in the lower left margin on heavy weight museum board paper that measures 34.5 x 39.75 inches. The Fertility series of 5 screen prints was created by Haring to simultaneously celebrate fertility and life as well as draw attention to the fears faced by pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS. Neon hues of yellow, pink, green, and orange along with black are used to depict the women apparently in motion while another figure (portrayed with an ankh cross, the Egyptian hieroglyphic for ‘life’) representing HIV/AIDS draws them close. Catalogue Raisonne reference for this image is Littmann P. 33 (Klaus Littman. Keith Haring: Editions on Paper 1982-1990, The Complete Printed Works. Hatje Cantz Publishers: New York, 1993. Pp 30 – 33.)

{Note: Individual screen prints from Haring’s original 1983 edition of 100 on BFK Rives paper have sold at auction at prices ranging from $30,000 - $50,000 each.}