THE
PEOPLE’S
MASTERPIECE
KEITH HARING X CITYKIDS
CityKids Speak on Liberty
For the first time, Keith Haring and CityKids’ monumental CityKids Speak on Liberty is presented as a strictly limited fine art print collection.
Created with 1,000 young people in 1986, the 90-foot work was conceived around participation, expression, and the belief that art could have a lasting effect. Forty years later, its story continues.
PRESENTED BY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE HISTORIC WORK
CityKids Speak on Liberty
A MESSAGE FROM A GENERATION
In 1986, the year he opened the Pop Shop and painted Crack Is Wack, Keith Haring collaborated with The CityKids Foundation and 1,000 young New Yorkers to create CityKids Speak on Liberty for the Statue of Liberty’s centennial.
Across a banner measuring 90 × 30 feet, Haring’s drawing became a framework for young people to express, in their own words and images, what freedom meant to them. The collaboration extended his commitment to bringing art into public life, with young people helping to shape both the work’s imagery and its message.
Haring hoped the work would travel and “have some kind of lasting effect.”
Forty years later, this collection of fine art prints brings the banner and its individual details into closer view, inviting a new audience to encounter the voices within it.
Look closely at We The People I and you’ll find Haring’s “KH86” signature in the lower right, reproduced from the original 1986 artwork.
SHOP THE COLLECTION
Limited editions, collector sets, and large-format works drawn from the people’s masterpiece.
Each work preserves a distinct section of CityKids Speak on Liberty, bringing together Keith Haring’s unmistakable imagery with the drawings, words, and marks of the young people who created alongside him.
CityKids Speak on Liberty (The People’s Masterpiece)
In 1986, for the Statue of Liberty’s centennial, Keith Haring drew Liberty across a 90-foot banner and handed the rest of it to 1,000 young New Yorkers. They filled the open spaces with their own answers to what freedom meant to them.
This is the only work in the collection that shows the banner whole: Haring’s statue rising above a crowd of his figures, and around her, every contribution in its place. As an open edition, it keeps the complete composition within reach of anyone who wants to live with it.
Edition: Open edition, no edition limit
Print Size: 16 x 48 inches
Border: 2 inches
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
The torch is the statue’s oldest promise, a light held up for whoever arrives. Haring drew it as a single raised hand in his heaviest line, and the young artists wrote across the arm itself, inside the outline as well as around it.
Isolated as its own upright composition, it is the collection’s most direct image of liberty, and the place where Haring’s line and the young artists’ writing share the same space.
Edition: 100
Print Size: 17.3 × 30 inches
Border: 2 inches
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
Haring reduced the Statue of Liberty’s face to a few black lines and a crown of rays, then left it open. It came back covered in the CityKids’ writing, a monument redrawn by the generation it was built to welcome.
The composition holds both at once. From across a room it is unmistakably Haring; up close it is the work of many different hands.
Edition: 100
Print Size: 26 × 30 inches
Border: 2 inches
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
In the lower right corner, among the young artists’ names and drawings, is Haring’s own mark: KH86. Of the four large format editions, this is the only one that carries his signature, reproduced exactly as he left it on the banner.
Around it, Haring’s figures dance with their arms raised, and the CityKids answer with messages and pictures of their own. The signature sits among them rather than above them, which is the idea of the whole work.
Edition: 100
Print Size: 22 × 30 inches
Border: 2 inches
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
The companion to We The People I: another stretch of the banner where Haring’s figures leap and reach, and where the young artists’ contributions crowd in around them. Where the first carries Haring’s KH86, this one belongs entirely to the voices around him.
Hung together, the pair shows how one framework produced two completely different crowds. On its own, it holds a wall with color and movement.
Edition: 100
Print Size: 22 × 30 inches
Border: 2 inches
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
The Freedom Set pairs the two images of the statue herself: the torch she raises and the face beneath her crown. Together they rebuild the figure at the center of the banner from two of its most recognizable details.
Each print keeps its own proportions rather than being cropped to match, so both hang as they appear in the original work.
Set Includes: 2 fine art prints
The Liberty Torch: 17.3 × 30 inches
The Face of Liberty: 26 × 30 inches
Border: 2 inches
Edition: 25 sets, drawn from the editions of 100
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
If The Freedom Set is about the statue, Voices of Liberty is about the people who answered her. We The People I and II leave Liberty out of frame and turn to the crowd: Haring’s figures, and the young New Yorkers who wrote their names and words across them.
Printed at matching dimensions, the two hang as a pair, with Haring’s KH86 inside We The People I.
Set Includes: 2 fine art prints
We The People I: 22 × 30 inches
We The People II: 22 × 30 inches
Border: 2 inches
Edition: 25 sets, drawn from the editions of 100
Printing: Archival pigment print, Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm, 100% cotton
Editioning: Hand-numbered
Finishing: CityKids embossed logo/signature
Framing: Not included
Materials & Care
Acid-free, lignin-free Hahnemühle Photo Rag, archival to ISO 9706. Frame behind UV-filtering glass or acrylic and display away from direct sunlight.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
The banner was made at the scale of a public celebration. At 48 × 72 inches, this canvas gives We The People I back some of that physical presence: names and drawings that are details on paper can be read from across a room, and Haring’s KH86 appears closer to the size he wrote it.
Made to order, it is a format for a wall that can hold it.
Edition: Made to order
Canvas Size: 48 × 72 inches
Material: Fine art canvas
Presentation: Gallery wrapped
Finishing: Selective varnish
Framing: Not included (colored floating frame available at additional cost)
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
At 60 × 69.2 inches, the face is close to the height of a person standing in front of it. Haring’s contours become architecture, and the writing inside them opens into a field of individual voices you can read one at a time.
Made to order, it is the largest work in the collection and its most physical encounter with the banner.
Edition: Made to order
Canvas Size: 60 × 69.2 inches
Material: Fine art canvas
Presentation: Gallery wrapped
Finishing: Selective varnish
Framing: Not included (colored floating frame available at additional cost)
Signature: Unsigned
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
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A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism.
SAFESPACE /
BRAVESPACE
Giving young people safe space to be themselves and grow.
YOUTH-TO-YOUTH COMMUNICATION
Building communication skills and connections that empower.
LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
Equipping youth to lead and create impact in their communities.
ARTIVISM / COMMUNITY
Using art and creativity to spark dialogue and inspire social change
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THE RELEASE
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CityKids Speak on Liberty is released online through ICONIC in two stages.
Pre-sale (open now through Wednesday, October 28, 10 AM ET)
The pre-sale is open to everyone. Join the Pre-sale list on this page to receive first access to the collection by email, ahead of the public release.Public Sale (Wednesday, October 28, 12 PM ET)
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The collection brings together nine works drawn from CityKids Speak on Liberty, the monumental 1986 collaboration between Keith Haring and CityKids.
Large Format Limited Editions · Edition of 100 · $1,250
The Liberty Torch, 17.3 × 30 inches
The Face of Liberty, 26 × 30 inches
We The People I, 22 × 30 inches
We The People II, 22 × 30 inchesCollector Sets · Edition of 25 sets, drawn from the editions of 100 · $2,100
The Freedom Set: The Face of Liberty and The Liberty Torch
Voices of Liberty Set: We The People I and We The People IICanvases · Made to order · $5,000
We The People I, 48 × 72 inches
The Face of Liberty, 60 × 69.2 inchesOpen Edition · $350
CityKids Speak on Liberty (The People’s Masterpiece), the complete composition, 16 × 48 inches -
Every print is an archival pigment print, made with Epson UltraChrome PRO12 inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm. This 100% cotton, acid-free and lignin-free fine art paper meets ISO 9706 requirements for age resistance.
Each print is hand-numbered, finished with the CityKids embossed logo, and printed with a 2-inch border. Framing is not included.
Canvases
The canvases are printed on fine art canvas, gallery wrapped, and finished with a selective varnish. Each canvas is made to order. Framing is not included, and a colored floating frame is available at additional cost.Care
Frame with archival materials and UV-filtering glass or acrylic. Display away from direct sunlight, heat, and moisture, and handle prints by the edges. -
CityKids Speak on Liberty is presented by CityKids and ICONIC.
A portion of proceeds supports The CityKids Foundation’s work in youth arts, education, and leadership, including its vision for a School of Artivism, where young people use art, storytelling, and media to develop leadership and create change.
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Please allow up to 10 weeks for your print to arrive.
Buyers are responsible for any applicable import duties or VAT on their purchase.
For any questions about your order, contact us at hello@iconicmoments.co.
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Keith Haring (1958–1990) believed art belonged to everyone. In the early 1980s he drew in chalk on the empty black advertising panels of the New York subway, thousands of drawings seen by commuters rather than collectors. By 1986 he had opened the Pop Shop in SoHo, painted Crack Is Wack in Harlem and a section of the Berlin Wall, and was making work with children in schools and communities around the world.
CityKids Speak on Liberty belongs to that public practice. Rather than a single image made for a wall, Haring built a framework large enough for a thousand young New Yorkers to complete. His Statue of Liberty is the structure; their drawings, names and messages are the content. The banner has since been shown in New York, Milan, Paris and Miami, and Haring went on to design the CityKids logo.
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Keith Haring died in 1990, so the works are not hand-signed by him. His signature, KH86, appears within the original artwork and can be seen in We The People I and in CityKids Speak on Liberty (The People’s Masterpiece). Each fine art print is hand-numbered and finished with the CityKids embossed logo.
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