For their 1988 collaboration of Apocalypse, Haring appropriated and collaged symbols of mass consumerism, religion, art and advertisements in response to Burrough’s free-form text. 1988 was also the year that Haring was diagnosed with AIDS, which had already begun to ravage New York’s downtown community.

 

 

 

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Introduction

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From the very beginning of Keith Haring’s career, the influence of Beat Era poet and novelist William S. Burroughs (1914–1997) and artist Brion Gysin (1916–1986) was immense.  Haring’s first interaction with them came in 1978.  While a student at the School of Visual Arts, he happened upon the Nova Convention, a gathering of Beat poets and downtown artists, including Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Laurie Anderson, and Patti Smith.  After this introduction, Haring read and followed the exact methods laid out in Burroughs and Gysin’s 1977 book The Third Mind, which describes ways of breaking down language.  Theirs was the text-based foundation upon which Haring broke forward with his visual style in 1980, introducing his inimitable line to their “cut-up” method, and creating a form of pictorial communication that expanded beyond what ideas in traditional language could accomplish.

Installation View of Keith Haring: Apocalypse, Pace Prints, New-York

Haring often worked with other artists, writers, children and activists throughout his short but abundantly productive career.  Perhaps most meaningful were his collaborations with Burroughs. Apocalypse consists of ten pages of Burroughs’ text along with ten images by Haring.  It was created by both artists in 1988.  Haring’s work often touches on the paradoxical: life and death, religion and sexuality, heaven and hell, and political activism and conformity.  In fact, his two most cited works of influence are Dante’s Inferno and Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights.  These tropes become all the more prominent in his series with Burroughs.   With Burroughs’ free-form text, Haring appropriated and collaged symbols of mass consumerism, religion, art and advertisements upon which he created both imagery from his iconic vocabulary and stream-of-thought line.  1988 was the year that Haring was diagnosed with AIDS, though its effects on the New York downtown community had been present for years.  Computers, spermatozoa, devils, halos, divine light and radiance show the complexity, struggles, torment and illusory bliss of life at that very time.  Burroughs’ text pages, printed on acetate film, are written and segmented words that heighten the polemics of euphoria and fear, and are ever as relatable today, albeit for different reasons, as they were when written in 1988.

“Every dedicated artist attempts the impossible. Success will write APOCALYPSE across the sky. The artist aims for a miracle. The painter wills his picture to move off the canvas with a separate life, movements outside of the picture, and one rent in the fabrics is all it takes for pandemonium to sluice through.”

 William S. Burroughs reads the entirety of Apocalypse
With music by Bill Giant, Eugene Cines, Frank Denning, Ray Ellis for his 1990 spoken word album Dead City Radio.

For their 1988 collaboration of Apocalypse, Haring appropriated and collaged symbols of mass consumerism, religion, art and advertisements in response to Burrough’s free-form text. 1988 was also the year that Haring was diagnosed with AIDS, which had already begun to ravage New York’s downtown community. The imagery of Apocalypse, teeming with imagery of devil-horned sperm, radiant light, pieces of technology, halos, phallic forms, and halos, references the complexity of life at this time, with all its struggles, torment, and brief moments of bliss. Meanwhile, Burroughs’ accompanying text highlights the moment’s rhetoric of euphoria and fear, filtered through the “cut-up technique” that The Third Mind showcased to Haring.

 

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Apocalypse, 1988

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Apocalypse 

The complete set of 10 screenprints in colors
Medium: Screenprint on Museum Board
With accompanying text by William Burroughs screen-printed on acetate
Year: 1988
Each Sheet: 38×38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 90
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Hors Commerce: 5 HC
Publisher: George Mulder Fine Arts, New York
Literature: Littmann pp. 98-109

Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the artist and publisher’s copyright inkstamps on the reverse

 

1. Apocalypse 1 (L. p. 101)

Last act, the End, this is where we all came in. The final Apocalypse is when everyman sees what he sees, feels what he feels, hears what he hears. The creatures of all your dreams and nightmares are right here, right now, solid as they ever were or ever will be, electric vitality of careening subways faster faster faster stations flash by in a blur.
Pan. God of Panic, whips screaming crowds, as millions of faces
look up at the torn sky:
OFF THE TRACK! OFF THE TRACK!

2. Apocalypse 2 (L. p. 101)

The planet is pulling loose from the moorings, careening into space, spilling cities and mountains and seas into the Void, spinning faster and faster as days and nights flash by like subway stations. Iron penis chimneys ejaculate blue sparks in a reek of ozone, tunnels crunch down teeth of concrete and steel, flattening cars like beer cans. Graffiti eats through glass and steel like acid, races across the sky in tornados of flaming colors.

3. Apocalypse 3 (L. p. 102)

Cherry-pickers with satin brushes big as a door inch through Wall Street, leaving a vast souvenir postcard of the Grand Canyon. Water trucks slosh out paint, outlaw painters armed with paint pistols paint everything and everyone in reach. Survival Artists, paint cans strapped to their backs, grenades at their belts, paint anything and anybody within range. Skywriters dogfight, collide and explode in paint. Telephone poles dance electric jigs in swirling, crackling wires. Neon explosions and tornados flash through ruined cities, volcanoes spew molten colors as the earth’s crust buckles and splinters into jigsaw pieces.

4. Apocalypse 4 (L. p. 102)

The household appliances revolt: washing machines snatch clothes from the guests, bellowing Hoovers suck off makeup and wigs and false teeth, electric toothbrushes leap into screaming mouths, clothes dryers turn gardens into dust bowls, garden tools whiz through lawn parties, impaling the guests, who are hacked to fertilizer by industrious Japanese hatchets. Loathsome, misshapen, bulbous plants spring from their bones, covering golf courses, swimming pools, country clubs and tasteful dwellings.

5. Apocalypse 5 (L. p. 105)

Skyscrapers scrape rents of blue and white paint from the sky, shredding, peeling, nitrous ochres and red eat through bridges, which fall into the rivers splashing color across . my back I always hear . piers, streets AMOK art . Hurry up please, it’s time . floods inorganic molds . Time’s winged chariot hurrying . stirring passion of . near. Closing time , gentlemen . metal and glass steel . these our actors as I foretold you . girders writhe . actors frantically packing in theatrical . mineral lust . hotels… are all spirits.

6. Apocalypse 6 (L. p. 105)

Oh don’t bother . burst from concrete . with all that junk, John . were all sprits, John . covers . the Director is on stage and are melted into . walls . air and you what that means in show business . of glass. melt into thin air. Hurry up please, its time. Caught . burn . In New York beneath the animals of the village . with madness . the Piper pulled down the sky. This insub . billion crazed . stantial pageant faded leaves not a. roads buck . wrack behind. Closing time, hurry . sidewalks run ahead . up it’s time.

7. Apocalypse 7 (L. p. 106)

At my back . faster and faster . I always hear hurry up . energy ground down into . please, it’s time closing . sidewalks and streets by billions of feet and tires erupts from manholes and tunnels break out with volcanic force let it come down careening subways faster and faster stations blur by, Pan whips screaming crowds with flaming pipes millions of faces look up at the torn sky OFF THE TRACK OFF THE TRACK the planet is pulling loose from its moorings, careening off into space spilling cities and mountains and seas into the Void faster and faster.

8. Apocalypse 8 (L. p. 106)

This is where we all came in blue and white paint from when Everyman sees color nightmares are right here warehouse and piers electric energy floods inorganic molds subways faster and faster, glass steel girders Pan God of Panic whips screaming concrete, faces look up at the torn sky and burn with madness. TRACK the planet is pulling bucking cars and trucks careening into space faster and faster into the Void spinning walks and streets flash by like subway stations in a reek of ozone.

9. Apocalypse 9 (L. p. 109)

Force let it come, skyscrapers scrape rents of the final Apocalypse in the sky, dream rivers splashing color across solid roads and buildings, AMOK art vitality stirring passions of metal blur by writhing in mineral lusts, walls of glass melt OFF THE TRACK OFF a billion crazed eyes, the sidewalks run feet and tires, chimneys ejaculate blue tunnels break out graffiti village pulled across the sky in flaming colors.

10. Apocalypse 10 (L. p. 109)

Skyscrapers scrape rents of blue and white paint from the sky, the rivers swirl with color, nitrous ochres and reds eats through the bridges, falling into the rivers, splashing color across warehouses and piers and roads and buildings, AMOK art floods inorganic molds, string passions of metal and glass, steel girders writhing in mineral lusts burst from their concrete covers, walls of glass melt and burn with madness in a billion crazed eyes, bridges buck cars and trucks into the rivers, the sidewalks run ahead faster and faster, energy ground down into sidewalks and streets by billions of feet and tires erupt from manholes and tunnels, breaks out with volcanic force:

LET IT COME DOWN

Caught in New York beneath the animals of the village, the Piper pulled down the sky.

 

 

 

 

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2025 Auction Results

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Apocalypse #2, 1988

Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,200 (Hammer)
GBP 9,506 / USD 12,710

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 2, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.101), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #5, 1988

Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 11,000 (Hammer)
GBP 14,492 / USD 19,375

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 5, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.105), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #6, 1988

Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,000 (Hammer)
GBP 9,244 / USD 12,360

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 6, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.103), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #7, 1988

Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,500 (Hammer)
GBP 9,900 / USD 13,235

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 7, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.106), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #8, 1988

Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,000 (Hammer)
GBP 9,244 / USD 12,360

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 8, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.106), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #10, 1988

Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,500 (Hammer)
GBP 9,900 / USD 13,235

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 10, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.109), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #6, 1988

Heritage Auctions: 16 October 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 16,875

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 6) (Littmann p. 105), 1988
From Apocalypse
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Ed. 51/90 (aside from 5 printer’s proofs)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Apocalypse #2, 1988

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2024 Auction Results

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Apocalypse #6, 1988

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 21,250

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 6), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

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USD 20,000

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Apocalypse #10, 1988

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 15,000

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 10), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge; printer’s chop mark, lower left
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

Apocalypse #2, 1988

Wright Chicago: 18 April 2024
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 13,860

Apocalypse #3, 1988

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

Apocalypse #4, 1988

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #4 (Littmann p.102), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Apocalypse #7, 1988

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #7 (Littmann p.106), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Apocalypse #10, 1988

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #10 (Littmann p.109), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Apocalypse #5, 1988

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,500 / USD 7,810
(Post-Auction Price)

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #5 (Littmann p.105), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Apocalypse #8, 1988

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,500 / USD 7,810
(Post-Auction Price)

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #8 (Littmann p.106), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Apocalypse #5, 1988

Sotheby’s Cologne: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 7,200 / USD 7,570

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 5), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 55/90

Apocalypse #7, 1988

Sotheby’s Cologne: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 7,200 / USD 7,570

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 7), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 88/90

 

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Apocalypse #1

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Heritage Auctions: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,250

KEITH HARING
Plate 1, from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Signed, numbered P.P. 5/5 and dated along right edge
A printer’s proof aside from the edition of 90

Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 12,700 / USD 15,448

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 1), 1988
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 57/90

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 8,890 / USD 10,800

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 1) (L. p. 101) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 57/90

Venduehuis The Hague: 19 October 2022
Estimated: EUR 5,000 – 8,000
EUR 7,500 (Hammer)
EUR 9,750 / USD 9,615

Sotheby’s London: 16 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 4,000 – 6,000
GBP 11,970 / USD 15,670

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (L. p. 109) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 78/90

 

 

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Apocalypse #2

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Wright Chicago: 18 April 2024
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 13,860

Heritage Auctions: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,312

KEITH HARING
Plate 2, from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Signed, numbered P.P. 5/5 and dated along right edge
A printer’s proof aside from the edition of 90

Uppsala Stockholm: 12 May 2023
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 88,000 (Hammer)
SEK 110,000 / USD 10,646

KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Apocalypse” (plate 2) (Littmann pp. 98-115), 1988
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered ‘Keith Haring -88 68/90’

Sotheby’s London: 15 September 2021
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 10,080

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Littmann p. 109) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 78/90

 

 

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Apocalypse #3

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Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

Heritage Auctions: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,937

KEITH HARING
Plate 3, from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Signed, numbered P.P. 5/5 and dated along right edge
A printer’s proof aside from the edition of 90

Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,520

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Apocalypse #4

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Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #4 (Littmann p.102), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Heritage Auctions: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,312

KEITH HARING
Plate 4, from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Signed, numbered P.P. 5/5 and dated along right edge
A printer’s proof aside from the edition of 90

Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 12,065 / USD 14,675

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 4), 1988
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 65/90

Uppsala Stockholm: 12 May 2023
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 88,000 (Hammer)
SEK 110,000 / USD 10,646

KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Apocalypse” (plate 4) (Littmann pp. 98-115), 1988
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered ‘Keith Haring -88 68/90’

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 8,255 / USD 10,030

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 4) (L. p. 102) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 65/90

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Apocalypse #5

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Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,500 / USD 7,810
(Post-Auction Price)

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #5 (Littmann p.105), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Sotheby’s Cologne: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 7,200 / USD 7,570

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 5), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 55/90

Wright Chicago: 18 April 2024
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 13,860

Heritage Auctions: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,625

KEITH HARING
Plate 5, from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Signed, numbered P.P. 5/5 and dated along right edge
A printer’s proof aside from the edition of 90

Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 9,525 / USD 11,630

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 5), 1988
Screenprint in colours on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, inscribed and numbered HC 4/5
One of five hors commerce impressions aside from the numbered edition of 90

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Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,000 (Hammer)
GBP 9,244 / USD 12,360

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 6, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.103), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Heritage Auctions: 16 October 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 16,875

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 6) (Littmann p. 105), 1988
From Apocalypse
Screenprint in colors on museum board
Ed. 51/90 (aside from 5 printer’s proofs)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 10,160 / USD 10,578

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #6 (Littmann p.105), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 21,250

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 6), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 21,590 / USD 26,235
AUCTION RECORD FOR AN APOCALYPSE PLATE

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 6) (L. p. 105) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 57/90

Van Ham Cologne: 19 May 2022
Estimated: EUR 7,000 – 9,000
EUR 10,560 / USD 11,060

KEITH HARING (1958 Kutztown, PA/USA – 1990 New York)
Apocalypse 6, 1988.
Serigraphy on velum
Signed, dated and numbered 55/90

Sotheby’s London: 15 September 2021
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 12,600

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Littmann p. 109) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 78/90

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Apocalypse #7

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Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,500 (Hammer)
GBP 9,900 / USD 13,235

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 7, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.106), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #7 (Littmann p.106), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Sotheby’s Cologne: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 7,200 / USD 7,570

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 7), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 88/90

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,875

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 7), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along left edge
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

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Apocalypse #8

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Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,500 / USD 7,810
(Post-Auction Price)

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #8 (Littmann p.106), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,875

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 8), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge; printer’s chop mark, lower left
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

Uppsala Stockholm: 12 May 2023
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 84,000 (Hammer)
SEK 105,000 / USD 10,160

KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Apocalypse” (plate 8) (Littmann pp. 98-115), 1988
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered ‘Keith Haring -88 68/90’

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 8,890 / USD 10,800

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 8) (L. p. 106) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 57/90

Venduehuis The Hague: 19 October 2022
Estimated: EUR 5,000 – 8,000
EUR 8,000 (Hammer)
EUR 10,400 / USD 10,255

 

 

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Apocalypse #9

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KEITH HARING
Apocalypse 9 (Littmann p.109), 1988
Silkscreen in colors on cardboard
Signed, dated and numbered
Aside from an edition of 90 copies

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,500

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 9), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

Uppsala Stockholm: 12 May 2023
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 84,000 (Hammer)
SEK 105,000 / USD 10,160

KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Apocalypse” (plate 9) (Littmann pp. 98-115), 1988
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered ‘Keith Haring -88 68/90’

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 8,890 / USD 10,800

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 9) (L. p. 109) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 57/90

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Apocalypse #10

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Forum Auctions: 10 December 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 7,500 (Hammer)
GBP 9,900 / USD 13,235

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 10, from Apocalypse (Littmann p.109), 1988
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 90
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, with his blindstamp
Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York

Karl & Faber: 5 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 10,000
EUR 7,620 / USD 7,935

KEITH HARING (1958 Reading/Pennsylvania – New York 1990)
Apocalypse #10 (Littmann p.109), 1988
Colored screenprint on museum board
One of 90 numbered copies
Signed and dated in lower right margin
Copyright stamp of the artist and publisher on the reverse

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 15,000

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Untitled (Plate 10), from Apocalypse, 1988
Screenprint in colors on museum board
P.P. 5/5 (printer’s proof aside from an edition of 90)
Signed, editioned, and dated along right edge; printer’s chop mark, lower left
Lot accompanied by associated text by William S. Burroughs

Wright Chicago: 8 August 2023
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 15,120

Uppsala Stockholm: 12 May 2023
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 80,000 (Hammer)
SEK 100,000 / USD 9,680

KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Apocalypse” (plate 10) (Littmann pp. 98-115), 1988
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered ‘Keith Haring -88 68/90’

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 10,160 / USD 12,345

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled (Apocalypse 10) (L. p. 109) from Apocalypse, 1988
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 57/90

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Complete Sets

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Christie’s online: 27 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 80,000 – 120,000
GBP 88,200 / USD 111,405
COMPLETE SET

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
William S. Burroughs, Apocalypse, 1988
The complete set of ten screenprints in colors on Museum Board
With title, text by William S. Burroughs on acetate, and justification
Each signed, dated and numbered 67/90 in pencil
The introduction signed in black felt-tip by the author, with the original black cloth-covered portfolio

Nagel Auktionen: 8 February 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 80,000
EUR 100,000 / USD 107,342 (HAMMER)
COMPLETE SET

KEITH HARING
Apocalypse 1-10 (complete suite), 1988
Silkscreen in colors

Phillips New-York: 21 April 2022
Estimated: USD 100,000 – 150,000
USD 151,200
COMPLETE SET

KEITH HARING
Apocalypse Suite (L. pp. 98-109), 1988
The complete set of 10 screen-prints in colors, on Museum Board
With accompanying text by William Burroughs screen-printed on acetate, the full sheets.
All signed, dated and numbered 4/90 in pencil