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Carmine Street Pool Mural

Carmine Street Mural

Verified
Creation date
1987
Type
Painting
Medium
Mural paint on concrete handball court wall
Dimensions
H 548.6 × W 5181.6 cm
Color
White, blue and green water imagery
Subject
Under-the-water scenes for a public swimming pool
Edition size
Unique
Provenance
Rear of the handball wall at the Carmine Street Pool (Tony Dapolito Recreation Center / James J Walker Park), New York City; NYC Parks collection
Description
Permanent mural executed by Haring in August 1987 on the rear of a concrete handball wall facing the outdoor pool at the Carmine Street Pool in Greenwich Village, measuring 18 feet by 170 feet; restored by the Keith Haring Foundation ten years later and reported threatened by demolition in 2024.
Notes
NYC Parks record: fabricator/donor Keith Haring, cast August 1987.