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Untitled (Houston Street & the Bowery mural)

Houston Bowery Wall mural

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Creation date
1982
Type
Painting
Medium
Acrylic mural on concrete wall
Subject
Radiant, interweaving figures in Haring's early mural style
Edition size
Unique
Producer
Painted with Juan Dubose
Provenance
Houston Street & the Bowery, New York City; wall no longer survives
Description
Haring's first major outdoor mural, painted in the summer of 1982 with his partner Juan Dubose on the concrete wall at Houston Street and the Bowery in Manhattan; it became an instant downtown landmark and no longer exists.
Notes
Commemorated on what would have been Haring's 50th birthday, May 4, 2008 (Smithsonian).