Object number2009.8.3

Apocalypse 3

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 [vertically]: K. Haring

InscribedOn recto, by artist, right lower edge in pencil [vertically]: PP 1/5 [signature] 88 [Haring's cipher]; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner: FLLAC2009.8.3

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

DescriptionStairs flank either side of an image of a woman feeding a baby at center. Various forms including partial body parts, an egg, a plane, sperm, and mechanical parts are scattered throughout the composition.

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