Keith Haring – Montreux Festival de Jazz, Juillet (Green)

Montreux Festival de Jazz – Juillet (Green), 1983

• Artist: Keith Haring (American, 1958–1990)
• Medium: Colour serigraph
• Dimensions: 99 × 68.5 cm
• Text in image: "MONTREUX 1983 / 17 EME FESTIVAL DE JAZZ – JUILLET 8/24"
• Provenance: Darryn Lyons Collection, Geelong

Montreux Festival de Jazz – Juillet (Green) is a colour serigraph executed in 1983 by Keith Haring — one of the most celebrated, culturally significant, and widely collected American artists of the twentieth century — bearing the printed text "MONTREUX 1983 / 17 EME FESTIVAL DE JAZZ – JUILLET 8/24" within the image, and coming from the distinguished Darryn Lyons Collection in Geelong, Australia.

Keith Haring occupies a position of absolute centrality in the history of American art, street culture, and visual communication. Emerging from the underground art scene of New York City in the early 1980s — first through his chalk drawings in the subway stations of Manhattan, then through his murals, paintings, and prints — Haring developed one of the most immediately recognizable, energetically charged, and humanly warm visual languages in the history of contemporary art. His vocabulary of radiant babies, barking dogs, crawling figures, and interlocking bodies, rendered in bold black outlines and flat areas of vibrant color, communicated across barriers of language, culture, and class with a directness and generosity of spirit that has ensured his work's enduring relevance and universal appeal. His death from AIDS-related complications in 1990, at the age of thirty-one, cut short one of the most extraordinary artistic careers of the twentieth century and secured his place as one of the defining voices of his generation.

If you are drawn to Keith Haring's energy, graphic boldness, and cultural resonance, you may also be interested in Untitled, a rare original work showcasing Haring's signature visual vocabulary at its most concentrated and immediate, or Untitled (1987), a later work from the final and most critically significant period of his career — both available now at Lynart Gallery.

The work is in very good condition.

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FAQ

Is this an original work by Keith Haring?
Yes — an authentic colour serigraph executed in 1983, bearing the printed text "MONTREUX 1983 / 17 EME FESTIVAL DE JAZZ – JUILLET 8/24" within the image, from the Darryn Lyons Collection, Geelong.

What is the Montreux Jazz Festival poster series?
The Montreux Jazz Festival — one of the most celebrated music festivals in the world — commissioned a series of poster artworks from leading artists across the decades, creating one of the most distinguished and widely collected bodies of festival graphic art in history. Haring's contributions to this series are among the most sought-after works in the entire Montreux poster tradition.

What is the significance of the Green colorway?
The Green colorway designates this as the Juillet (July) edition of the 1983 Montreux poster — a specific and historically documented variant within the festival's poster production, distinct from other colorway editions of the same composition.

What does the text in the image indicate?
The printed text "MONTREUX 1983 / 17 EME FESTIVAL DE JAZZ – JUILLET 8/24" situates the work precisely within the 17th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, taking place in July 1983 between the 8th and 24th — giving the work an additional dimension of historical specificity and documentary authenticity.

What are the dimensions?
99 × 68.5 cm

What is the provenance?
Darryn Lyons Collection, Geelong, Australia.

What is the condition?
Very good condition. Full condition report available upon request.

Is this artwork a good investment?
Keith Haring is one of the most consistently collected and commercially significant American artists of the twentieth century. His Montreux Jazz Festival posters — produced in limited quantities for one of the world's most prestigious cultural events — are among the most sought-after works in his printed output and regularly achieve strong results at the leading specialist auction houses.

Is worldwide shipping available?
Yes — secure worldwide shipping from France with professional packaging, tracking, and insurance.

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