"“His best friend's wife was pregnant, and the couple didn't have the money to buy a new crib for their home in New York City's Greenpoint neighborhood. I called my parents to ask if my old crib was still in the attic,” says artist Kermit Oswald, Haring's friend since childhood. “I got it and I painted it yellow, then Keith came over, we had a few beers and he painted the rest of it.”"
"“The most surprising item is the crib. It's taxi-cab yellow with paintings of dachshunds (the Oswald family dog) and two figures representing Oswald and his wife, Lisa. It's one of 20 Haring works going to auction. The marquee lot is a 1985 self-portrait, one of only six the artist ever painted on canvas. The auction estimates are $3m-$5m, with the crib alone estimated at $250,000 to $350,000.”"
"“Oswald knew Haring since they were five years old. They met by passing notes at church in their home town of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. As boys, they shared a passion for creating things and started drawing together. We rode bicycles and played baseball, though on different teams, and were always in each other's homes, he says. They delivered their paper routes together; the loser of the morning race had to buy ice-cream.”"
In 1986, a friend’s pregnant wife needed a crib but the couple lacked money in New York City’s Greenpoint neighborhood. An old crib was retrieved from an attic, painted yellow, and finished with additional painting by Keith Haring after he visited with beers. The crib features dachshund imagery and two figures representing the friend and his wife. Kermit Oswald and Haring knew each other since childhood, meeting through notes at church and later sharing creative time, bicycle rides, baseball, and paper routes. Haring’s work collection is displayed publicly at Sotheby’s New York and includes a rare 1985 canvas self-portrait, with auction estimates spanning millions and the crib valued at $250,000 to $350,000.
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