KEITH HARING
(Pennsylvania, USA, 1958 - New York, USA, 1990)
Poster for the 1983 Montreux Jazz Festival
Signed and dated 83 on plate
Serigraph without print run number
Published on: The Keith Haring Foundation official website www.haring.com
Printed by Serigraphie Uldry Bern. Published by Fondation du Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland.
Founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event over the years, generating stories and legendary performances. It has hosted historic performances by Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Elton John and Stevie Wonder.
Keith Haring created a variation of three posters for the Festival in 1983. Pierre Keller, the festival"s artistic director, asked him to produce a poster featuring a dancing figure. Haring painted constantly, producing murals on large blank panels and making drawings on T-shirts. All forms of media seemed to suit the artist, whose meteoric rise was only matched by the speed of his drawing.
Source consulted: Montreux Jazz Festival official website www.montreuxjazzfestival.com
100 x 70 cm total dimensions