SUBWAY DRAWING 1983 NY SUBWAY original chalk drawing on black matt paper

Provenance: private collection Los Angeles USA, private collection Miami USA, private collection Belgium.
Condition: Visible creases and dents on the front, remnants of a billboard on the back 20th Century Fox movie poster (Max dugan Returns) .

In late 1980, Haring noted that the New York City subway's empty ad spaces were covered in matte black paper when ad subscriptions expired. He immediately bought some chalk and started drawing. Over the next five years, this became a daily, repetitive obsession

Over a five-year period, from 1980 to 1985, Haring drew more than 5,000 chalk drawings in New York City subway stations.

his metro drawings are among his best known and most celebrated work. Of the large number of drawings made in the subway, some were published in a book art in transit and 31 subway drawings.

Additional letter attached, According to the Keith Haring Foundation, this street art, created by the artist, was not intended to be sold later.

Work is framed in a plexi box (excellent condition)