Artist: Keith Haring (American, 1958 - 1990). Title: "Dancing Figures". Medium: Black marker drawing on paper. Date: Composed 1989. Dimensions: Overall size: 8 x 6 5/8 in. (203 x 168 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: The work comes from the collection of Urbano Quinto and was acquired directly from Keith Haring in 1989 in Pisa, Italy, during the creation of Haring’s Tuttomondo Mural. The noted Italian author, art dealer, and art collector Urbano Quinto met Haring in the early 1980s at the Andy Warhol Factory at 33 Union Square West in New York City. Quinto acquired drawings from Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol, as well as other Pop and Graffiti artists, directly from their studios in the 1970’s – 80’s. A copy of the Letter of Authenticity by Mauro Urbano pertaining to this work accompanies the lot. Comment(s): As Mauro Urbano recounts in his Letter of Authenticity: “This drawing is part of a series created by Keith Haring on an encyclopedic dictionary owned by my father Urbano Quinto. Keith Haring leafing through it took inspiration from the pictures and started decorating them. Some of the photos were torn from the book and retained by the artist while the other six were donated to Urbano Quninto.” Please see the attached image of Urbano Quinto with Halston, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger at Studio 54, New York City, c1977 (courtesy of and copyright © by Hasse Persson). Haring image copyright © The Keith Haring Foundation. [30272-1-2000]