Keith HARING

Untitled (Mural signature door)
(1984)

Medium

synthetic polymer paint on wood and metal

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Victoria, 2017
© Keith Haring Foundation
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Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

This door was originally part of the outdoor mural painted by Keith Haring on the wall of the then Collingwood Technical College in Melbourne during his one and only visit to Australia in 1984. Featuring the artist’s signature and emblazoned with his iconic image of a ‘radiant baby’, it was illegally removed from the mural in 1990, the same year as the artist’s death from AIDS-related complications at thirty-one years old. A replica door based on the original was created as part of a larger project to conserve the mural in 2014.

Artwork Details

Medium

synthetic polymer paint on wood and metal

Measurements

65.2 × 71.7 cm irreg. (variable)

Place/s of Execution

Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription

inscribed in green paint K. HARING

Accession Number

2016.138

Department

Contemporary Art

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Victoria, 2017
© Keith Haring Foundation

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Abstract Art Human Figures Utilitarian Objects

Subjects (specific)

anthropomorphic doors graffiti (casual notations) graffiti art kneeling outlines (linear form) simplicity (artistic concept) yellow (colour)

Movements

Contemporary (style of art)

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Keith HARING

Untitled (Mural signature door)
(1984)