{"product_id":"keith-haring-subway-drawings-two-works-1985","title":"Keith Haring — Subway Drawings, Two Works (1985)","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeith Haring (1958–1990) is one of the defining figures of American contemporary art. Formed in the vibrant New York of the 1980s, Haring turned the language of the street into an immediate, popular and deeply political art form, built on clean lines, dynamic silhouettes and universal symbols that address vitality, community, technology, spirituality and civil rights. The Subway Drawings, made in white chalk on the black advertising panels of the metro, are the most authentic core of that poetics: ephemeral, spontaneous works born in the beating heart of the city and now recognised as one of the purest testimonies of 1980s urban art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two drawings in this lot date from 1985 and share the same format, 100 × 70 cm, in white chalk on black paper, both with provenance from Maddox Gallery, London. The first depicts a winged television emitting energy above two dynamic figures, combining the theme of technology as a dominant entity with the vitality of bodies in movement; the chalk line, rapid and vibrant, preserves the freshness and urgency of Haring's original interventions in the metro tunnels, where he worked to make art accessible to everyone. The second presents a figure suspended in a cloud of energy while two flying saucers emit luminous rays, with dancing figures completing a scene that unites cosmic dimension, personal mythology and playfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaring's work is held in the MoMA, the Whitney Museum, Tate Modern, the Stedelijk Museum and the Keith Haring Foundation. Subway drawings are among the most sought-after segments of his production for rarity, authenticity and historical importance, and the black-paper works of 1985 attract sustained international interest: here they are offered as a pair from the same year and the same hand, in the format in which the series was conceived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collecto Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58061445366100,"sku":"3055","price":57200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/9083\/7588\/files\/3055-01.png?v=1793441452","url":"https:\/\/collectoarchive.com\/products\/keith-haring-subway-drawings-two-works-1985","provider":"Collecto Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}