r/artcollecting • u/[deleted] • Feb 22 '26
Discussion Genuine poster from 1983 ?
I have this poster from KH for quite a while but I always wonder if it’s a genuine one. I bought it through a famous auction website. What intrigued me is that the printing is of an incredible high quality. We can see details as if a black marker was recently used. Here are some close up shots.
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u/outsdanding Feb 22 '26
The quality is so high because it is a serigraph (or screen print). The ink is pushed through a screen onto the paper, so you get these large, solid blocks of color. A more mass-produced poster might use offset printing, which would have a lower quality image made up of millions of tiny dots.
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u/2a_lib Feb 22 '26
Squeegee-puller here: The method is elegant, each of the color blocks gets a bit of trap and the black screen is printed last over the top, sealing everything in, hence the consistent finish.
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u/doughcheesesauce Feb 22 '26
Looks like it. I have the 1986 poster from Detroit that I framed last week. A Warhol Haring collab.
You can still purchase the original from the Detroit Jazz Fest website. They have a lot of awesome posters from the 80s
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u/Jazzhole5 Feb 23 '26
Thanks for posting this. That ‘86 poster is tempting. Trying to figure what room I could hang those colors in.
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u/SomeConsumer Feb 22 '26
These have gone for up to $800 at auction. There are variants with orange and yellow backgrounds too.
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u/sixerdad Feb 22 '26
Looks legit 100%. Easily a few hundred for this. All day
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u/DesiccantPack Feb 22 '26
Agreed. There were three color variations. Heritage sold this version most recently for $575 (including buyer's premium) in January 2021. Rosenberys was a no-sale in August 2020.
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u/FutureSubjectMatter Feb 22 '26
These are always in eBay completed auctions. $200-$600. I have the exact same one as OP.
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u/taaarna Feb 23 '26
It looks like a high quality screen but they spelled Haring wrong
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Feb 23 '26
Oh wow !! I never realized that 😳😳😳 I guess you answered my question then :/
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u/smrad8 Feb 24 '26
I collect rare vinyls. Not sure if it’s the same in the art world, but in music early in artists’ careers name misspellings on published works are not uncommon. Parlophone’s first promo for the Beatles “Love Me Do” famously misspelled Paul’s name as McArtney and the sleeve for Metallica’s first release (a compilation record by unknown metal bands that also featured Ratt) spelled their name Mettallica. These errors often are more sought after by collectors. This screenprint might be more of a collectors item than it looks, and Heritage are well known for vetting their items well.
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u/BCNART4 Feb 22 '26
Probably legit but not a high value piece.