Baby

Previously owned by Andy Warhol, this painted wall sculpture is an excellent example of Keith Haring’s 3-D sensibility and graphic genius. The baby motif immediately became Haring’s most iconic image in 1981 and 1982, during his meteoric rise to fame. “The reason that the ‘baby’ has become my logo or signature is that it is the purest and most positive experience of human existence,” Haring wrote in his journal in 1986. “Children are color-blind and still free of all the complications, greed and hatred that will slowly be instilled in them through life.”

The present artwork is constructed of welded metal, with a glossy white surface and painted with shiny black enamel. When viewed on the wall, the depth and scale of the sculpture are impressive. It is a perfectly refined iteration of Haring’s art, in its most iconic form. Having resided in the same private collection since 1988, the present owner acquired the work from Andy Warhol’s estate auction. The work still bears its iconic Andy Warhol Collection tag on the reverse.