Object number2009.8.4

Apocalypse 4

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Apocalypse

Date1988

Artist Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990)

Author William S. Burroughs (American, 1914 - 1997)

CultureAmerican

MediumScreenprint mounted on two-ply Museum Board with accompanying text screenprint on a polyvinylchloride sheet

EditionPrinter’s proof 1of 5 from an edition of 90 plus 20 artist's proofs, 5 hors commerce sets

DimensionsImage: 38 x 38 in. (96.5 x 96.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael Cornish, class of 1982

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, signed right lower edge in pencil: K. Haring

InscribedOn recto, by artist, right lower edge in pencil: PP 1/5 [signature] 88 [Haring's cipher]; by unidentified hand, lower right corner: FFLAC2009.8.4

MarkingsOn recto, Rupert Jansen Smith's blindstamp lower left corner: [curving linear form with two folds]; on verso, stamped lower left corner in ink: © KEITH HARING 1988 / GEORGE MULDER FINE ARTS

BibliographyHaring, Keith and Klaus Littmann. Keith Haring: Editions on Paper 1982-1990: The Complete Printed Works. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1993, pp. 98-109

Vassar Exhibitions

Apocalypse Sky: Art, AIDS, and Activism in New York City, 1982-1992

DescriptionVarious forms including an image of a profile of a woman, sperm with devil horns, partial and full bodies, a funnel with buildings in it, and a head with several toothbrushes.

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