The Paris Review
Year: 1989
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 32 inches (60.6 x 81.3 cm)
Edition: 200
Artist’s Proofs: 30
Publisher: The Paris Review, New-York
Literature: Littmann p. 114
In 1964, the famous quarterly English-language literary magazine The Paris Review initiated a series of prints and posters by contemporary artists with the goal of establishing an ongoing relationship between the art and literary worlds. Haring created this print for the periodical just as many other renowned artists of the post-war decades such as Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. The print features the text ‘The Paris Review’ on the left-hand side of the image, rendered in Haring’s classic rounded outlines. On the right side, Haring shows an unusual portrait of a clown-like figure with tentacles growing from its head. The unusual but playful image of the clown-figure, rendered through simplified and flattened shapes, appeals to both adults and children alike, highlighting Haring’s desire to create a universal art to be understood by the masses.
Auction Results
Heritage Auctions: 16 October 2025
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 8,125
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
The Paris Review (Littmann p. 114), 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Ed. 28/200 (aside from 30 artist’s proofs)
Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil lower left
Published by The Paris Review, New York
Ketterer Kunst: 15 March 2025
Estimated: EUR 4,000
EUR 4,190 / USD 4,390
KEITH HARING
The Paris Review (Littmann p.114), 1989
Silkscreen in colors on firm wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered
From an edition of 200 copies
Sotheby’s Cologne: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 5,000 – 6,000
EUR 3,840 / USD 4,035
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
The Paris Review, 1989
Screenprint in colours on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 180/200
Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 11,875
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
The Paris Review, 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Ed. 178/200 (editioned aside from 30 artist’s proofs)
Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil, lower left
Christie’s New-York: 14 March 2024
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 6,300
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
The Paris Review, 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 136⁄200
Heritage Auctions: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 10,625
KEITH HARING
The Paris Review, 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered 39/200 and dated in pencil along lower edge
Artnet Auctions: 10 August 2023
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 8,750
KEITH HARING
The Paris Review, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ’19/200′ and dated in pencil lower left
Heritage Auctions: 15 February 2023
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 6,000
KEITH HARING
The Paris Review, 1989
Screen-print in colors on paper
Signed, numbered ’19/200′ and dated in pencil lower left