1983 NY SUBWAY DRAWING original chalk drawing on black matte paper. Visible creases and dents on the front, remnants of a billboard on the back. In late 1980, Haring noticed that the empty advertising spaces of the New York City subway were covered in matte black paper as advertising subscriptions expired. He immediately bought some chalk and started drawing. Over the next five years, this became a daily, repetitive obsession. Haring drew more than 5,000 chalk drawings in New York City subway stations over a five-year period from 1980 to 1985. his subway 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. 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 plexibox (excellent condition) 1983 NY SUBWAY original chalk drawing on black matte paper private collection Los Angeles USA, private collection Miami USA, private collection Belgium