THE LARGE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH RED LINEN COVERED BOARDS AND EMBOSSED COVER AND SPINE TITLES IS PUBLISHED BY THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH BULFINCH PRESS - LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY. PRINTED AND BOUND IN ITALY IN 1997 BY AMILCARE PIZZI S.P.A. MILAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE THE EXHIBITION " KEITH HARING " AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM JUNE 25-SEPTEMBER 21 1997. ALL HARING ARTWORKS COPYRIGHT THE ESTATE OF KEITH HARING, BOOK DESIGN BY RICHARD PANDISCIO.

THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE KEITH HARING FANS AND COLLECTORS AS THIS COVETED LANDMARK VOLUME LARGE HARDCOVER EXHIBITION BOOK IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND VERY SCARCE TO FIND.

KEITH HARING ( 1958 - 1990 ) WAS AN INCREDIBLY VIBRANT AMERICAN ARTIST AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST WHO'S ARTWORK RESPONDED TO THE 1980'S STREET CULTURE BY EXPRESSING CONCEPTS OF BIRTH, DEATH, LOVE, SEXUALITY, AND WAR. HARING'S WORK WAS OFTEN HEAVILY POLITICAL, HIS IMAGERY BECAME A WIDELY RECOGNIZED VIVID AND ICONIC VISUAL LANGUAGE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HARING'S CLOSE FRIENDS AND INSPIRATIONAL CONTEMPORARIES INCLUDED ANY WARHOL, JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT, AND MADONNA ALL OF WHOM HE COLLABORATED WITH HIN HIS LIFETIME. ARTWORKS BY HARING ARE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS. 

IN THE 1980'S URBAN STREET CULTURE BECAME A DEFINING INFLUENCE ON ART, FASHION,A ND MUSIC, PARTICULARLY IN NEW YORK CITY. KEITH HARING'S UNIQUE IMAGERY, WHICH BEGAN AS GRAFFITI IN THE STREETS AND SUBWAYS, BECAME A SIGNATURE STYLE OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. ACCOMPANYING A COMPREHENSIVE HARING RETROSPECTIVE AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM, THIS BOOK ESTABLISHES THE ORIGINS OF HIS ART AND TRACES ITS METEORIC RISE FROM THE UNDERGROUND CULTURE OF THE EAST VILLAGE TO THE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS OF THE ART WORLD, AND FINALLY TO POPULAR CULTURE ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. WHILE MAKING ART THAT WAS UNFAILINGLY OPTIMISTIC, HE RAGED AGAINST INTOLERANCE AND SHARED THE ANGUISH OF A GENERATION THAT FOUND ITSELF LIVING THROUGH PLAGUE YEARS.

THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST EDITION LARGE FORMAT POP ART EXHIBITION BOOK MEASURES 12" W X 12 3/4" H X 1 1/8" D, WITH 296 PAGES, FEATURING 320 COLOR AND 60 BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. 

AUTHORED BY ELIZABETH SUSSMAN, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY JELLYBEAN BENITEZ, FRED BRATHWAITE, JEFFREY DEITCH, DAVID FRANKEL, ANN MAGNUSON, ROBERT PINCUS-WITTEN, FRED SCHNEIDER, ROBBERT FARRIS THOMPSON, AND JUNIOR VASQUEZ.

IT IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND VERY LIGHT WEAR FROM AGE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.