International Volunteer Day
Medium: Lithograph in colors on Arches rag paper
Year: 1988
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (28.6 x 21.6 cm)
Edition: 1,000
Publisher: The World Federation of United Nations Associations, New York
Printer: Emiliano Sorini Studios, New-York
Literature: Littmann p. 93
Signed and numbered in pencil with the printer’s and the publisher’s blindstamps lower right
The verso with printed text in grey at the bottom of the sheet
“World Federation of United Nations Associations / Limited Edition Lithograph / copyright K. Haring February 27, 1988 / From a painting by Keith Haring, U.S.A.”
Accompanied by a copy of the WFUNA Certificate of Authenticity
Intenational Volunteer Day was created by Keith Haring for the World Federation of the United Nations Association in 1988, in honor of International Volunteer Day which is celebrated annually on December 5th. This color lithograph features Haring’s iconic dynamic, and energetic imagery rendered in his signature saturated color palette. Released in an edition of 1,000, each work is hand-signed and numbered by the artist and bears the embossed seals of both the Federation and the Emiliano Sorini Studio in New-York.
Auction Results
Freeman’s Hindman: 26 September 2025
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 4,480
KEITH HARING (American, 1958-1990)
International Volunteer Day (Littmann p.93), 1988
Lithograph
Signed, dated, and numbered 343/1000 in pencil
Wright: 3 April 2025
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 5,080
Forum Auctions: 19 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 4,000 – 6,000
GBP 6,500 (Hammer)
GBP 8,530 / USD 11,050
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
International Volunteer Day (Littmann p. 93), 1988
Lithograph printed in colors
Signed and dated in pencil
Numbered from the edition of 1000
Bonhams London: 10 December 2024
Estimated: GBP 2,000 – 3,000
GBP 3,200 / USD 4,080
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 626/1000 in pencil
LA Modern: 4 September 2024
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 7,560
KEITH HARING (1958–1990)
International Volunteer Day, 1988
Lithograph in colors on Arches
Signed and dated to lower right ‘K. Haring 88’
Numbered to lower edge ‘280/1000’ with printer’s and publisher’s blindstamps
Bonhams London: 12 June 2024
Estimated: GBP 4,000 – 6,000
GBP 5,120 / USD 6,520
Lithograph in colours on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 625/1000 in pencil
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 5,250
International Volunteer Day, 1988
Lithograph in colors on Arches rag paper
Signed, dated and numbered 631/1000 in pencil
USD 6,375
Untitled (United Nations), 1988
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil along left edge and numbered 587/1000 lower left
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 8,287
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil and numbered 302/1000
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 9,000
USD 8,288
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 165/1000
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 7,013
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 916/1000
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 4,410 / USD 5,075
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
International Volunteer Day (L. p. 93), 1988
Lithograph printed in colors on Arches rag paper
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 715/1000
LA Modern: 8 September 2022
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 7,500
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
International Volunteer Day, 1988
Lithograph in colors on Arches
Signed and dated to lower right ‘K Haring 88’
Numbered to lower left ‘161/1000’
Waddington’s Toronto: 24 March 2022
Estimated: CAD 3,000 – 5,000
CAD 7,800 / USD 6,170
KEITH HARING (1958-1990), American
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, 1988 [LITTMANN, 93], 1988
Color lithograph
Signed, dated /88 and numbered 230/1000 in pencil