Basquiat shared Haring's New York street art roots and similarly employed bold graphic figuration with energetic linework and vibrant colors to express urgent human themes. His work bridges Pop Art and street culture with the same raw vitality and iconic immediacy seen in this interlocking figures screenprint.

A close friend and contemporary of Haring within the same downtown New York Pop and street art scene, Scharf creates bold colorful figurative works with playful cartoon inspired forms and radiating energy lines that mirror the joyful graphic language of this piece. His prints and paintings share the same vibrant palette and celebration of human connection.

Warhol pioneered the screenprint on canvas format that Haring employed here, using limited edition signed prints with flat bold color fields and iconic graphic imagery to reach a broad audience. His embrace of love and desire as subject matter alongside his Pop Art visual language makes him the closest parallel to the technique and cultural spirit of this specific work.