Pop Shop V is notable for its combination of pink, red and turquoise as well as its subject matter. Here, swimming dolphins, walking dolphins, androgynous figures and a winged angel play out a joyful scene over four boxes in a style that is reminiscent of comics or cartoons. Boldly outlined in black, the figures recall Haring’s beginnings in street art and his earliest ‘subway drawings’ that made his name while he was still a student. By the time those prints were made however, Haring was at the top of his career and sadly only one year from his death.
Introduction
Aimed at kids and collectors alike, the Pop Shops were a place where Haring could sell his art for as little as 50 cents. The store stocked t-shirts, badges and magnets featuring his now ubiquitous designs.
TSENG KWONG CHI (1950-1990), Keith Haring at the Pop Shop, c. 1985
While the project was praised by friends such as Andy Warhol who was fascinated by the possibilities of the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, it was snubbed by many leading art world figures who placed more value on original works of art.
“I could earn more money if I just painted a few things and jacked up the price. My shop is an extension of what I was doing in the subway stations, breaking down the barriers between high and low art”.
His love for commercial and Pop art was evident in his first experiments with street art which saw him creating signature figures he named ‘icons’, such as the barking dog, the radiant child and the winged superman. He would reproduce these figures over and over again, in bright colors reminiscent of advertising and later, just before his death from AIDS in 1990, in plain white embossings.
TSENG KWONG CHI (1950-1990), Keith Haring at the Pop Shop, c. 1985
This portfolio shows Haring’s mastery of screen printing as a medium. Though he had experimented with print techniques such as lithography in the late 70s and 80s it wasn’t until 1983 that Haring began making screen prints, or serigraphs, which offered a way of creating multiple images, that artists had adopted from the world of commercial printing. This move to screen printing was undoubtedly due in part to the method being popularized by Warhol, one of Haring’s most important influences, and soon he was producing ever more inventive and daring work.
Pop Shop V, 1989
Pop Shop V
The complete set of 4 screenprint in colors
Medium: Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Year: 1989
Image: 11 3/8 x 14 5/8 inches (29×37 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (34.4 x 42 cm)
Edition: 200
Artist’s Proofs: 25 AP
Hors Commerce: 20 HC
Publisher: The Artist
Literature: Littmann pp. 148-149
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil by Julia Gruen (Executor for the Keith Haring Estate) on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse and with an iguana blindstamp
1. Plate 1 (Littmann p. 148)
2. Plate 2 (Littmann p. 148)
3. Plate 3 (Littmann p. 149)
4. Plate 4 (Littmann p. 149)
Auction Market Overview
No print from Pop Shop V sold at auction in 2024.
Only one print from Pop Shop V sold in 2023 at Van Ham in June 2023. Only two prints sold in 2022, one at Est-Ouest Auctions in Tokyo, and another at Abell in the US.
2 complete sets of Pop Shop V sold in 2022, one at Heritage Auctions on 19 April 2022 for USD 70,000; and another one at Sotheby’s on 21 April 2022 for USD 69,300.
2025 Auction Results
Pop Shop V Plate 1, 1989
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 15,775
KEITH HARING
Plate 1 (Littmann P.148), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Pop Shop V Plate 2, 1989
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,200,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,563,000 / USD 16,525
KEITH HARING
Plate 2 (Littmann P.148), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Pop Shop V Plate 3, 1989
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,300,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,679,500 / USD 17,275
KEITH HARING
Plate 3 (Littmann P.149), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Pop Shop V Plate 4, 1989
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 15,775
KEITH HARING
Plate 4 (Littmann P.149), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Pop Shop V Plate 1, 1989
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
This work is a proof apart the edition of 200
The edition is estate stamped and signed by Julia Gruen
Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation
Pop Shop V Plate 3, 1989
Koller Zurich: 26 June 2025
Estimated: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
CHF 15,000 / USD 18,735
KEITH HARING (Reading 1958–1990 New York City)
Pop Shop V Plate 3 (Littmann p.149), 1989
Color silkscreen on firm paper
Edition: 4/200
With the stamp of the Keith Haring Estate
With the signature of Julia Gruen, Executor of the Haring Estate
With the confirmation of authenticity and the date on the reverse: 10/19/92
2024 Auction Results
NO SALE AT AUCTION
2023 Auction Results
Pop Shop V Plate 3, 1989
Van Ham: 5 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 12,000
EUR 15,840 / USD 16,940
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V, Plate 3, 1989
Screen-print in colors
With the estate stamp on the verso, signed in pencil by Julia Gruen, numbered 96/200
Plate 1
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 15,775
KEITH HARING
Plate 1 (Littmann P.148), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
This work is a proof apart the edition of 200
The edition is estate stamped and signed by Julia Gruen
Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation
Plate 2
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,200,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,563,000 / USD 16,525
KEITH HARING
Plate 2 (Littmann P.148), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 29 May 2022
Estimated: JPY 700,000 – 1,200,000
JPY 1,815,000 / USD 14,276
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop V: one print, 1989
Screen-print in colors
With the artist’s estate stamp and numbered from the edition of 200 on the reverse
Christie’s New-York: 22 October 2021
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop V: one print, 1989
Screen-print in colors, on wove paper
With the artist’s estate stamp and numbered 149/200 on the reverse
Plate 3
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,300,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,679,500 / USD 17,275
KEITH HARING
Plate 3 (Littmann P.149), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Koller Zurich: 26 June 2025
Estimated: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
CHF 15,000 / USD 18,735
KEITH HARING (Reading 1958–1990 New York City)
Pop Shop V Plate 3 (Littmann p.149), 1989
Color silkscreen on firm paper
Edition: 4/200
With the stamp of the Keith Haring Estate
With the signature of Julia Gruen, Executor of the Haring Estate
With the confirmation of authenticity and the date on the reverse: 10/19/92
Van Ham: 5 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 12,000
EUR 15,840 / USD 16,940
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V, Plate 3, 1989
Screen-print in colors
With the estate stamp on the verso, signed in pencil by Julia Gruen, numbered 96/200
Abell: 6 March 2022
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,000
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V, Plate 3, 1989
Screen-print in colors
With the estate stamp on the verso, signed in pencil by Julia Gruen, numbered 126/200
Plate 4
Mallet Japan: 4 December 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 15,775
KEITH HARING
Plate 4 (Littmann P.149), 1989
from ‘Pop Shop V’
Screenprint in colors on wove
With a certificate of authenticity stamp by the artist’s estate and Julia Gruen’s signature on the reverse
Numbered 46/200 (there were also 25 A.P.)
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York
Complete Sets
Sotheby’s New-York: 21 April 2022
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 69,300
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V (Littmann pp. 148-149), 1989
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors
Each with the estate stamp on the verso, signed in pencil by Julia Gruen, the executor for the artist’s estate, dated ’10/19/92′ and numbered 46/200
Heritage Auctions: 19 April 2022
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 70,000
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V, 1989
Four screen-prints in colors on wove paper
Each stamped with the Keith Haring Estate certificate of authenticity on the verso
Signed in pencil by Julia Gruen, the executor for the artist’s estate and numbered 164/200
Bonhams LA: 28 September 2021
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 60,312
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V (Littmann p. 148-149), 1989
The complete set of 4 screenprints in colors on wove paper
Each signed in pencil by Julia Gruen (Executor for the Keith Haring Estate) on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity (on reverse) and numbered 68/200
Phillips London: 23 January 2020
Estimated: GBP 18,000 – 22,000
GBP 32,500
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop V, 1989
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors on wove paper
All signed, dated ‘3/25/94’ and numbered 177/200 in pencil by Julia Gruen
(Executor for the Keith Haring Estate)
on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse
Pop Shop Quad V, 1989
Pop Shop Quad V
Medium: Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Year: 1989
Sheet: 27×33 inches (68.6 x 83.8 cm)
Edition: 75
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Literature: Littmann p. 143
Signed by the executor of the Haring Estate, Julia Greun, and numbered in pencil on the stamped certificate of authenticity on the reverse