Unfinished Painting

Untitled (Unfinished Painting)

Creation date

1989

Type

Painting

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

H 100 × W 100 cm

Subject

Self-portrait left deliberately incomplete; commentary on his impending death from AIDS

Provenance

Collection Katia Perlstein (per Smithsonian Hide/Seek program)

Exhibitions

• •Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Description

One of Haring's last paintings (1989): a 100 × 100 cm acrylic on canvas in which only a small corner of the composition is painted while the rest of the surface is left bare — a self-portrait purposely designed to appear incomplete, made as he was dying of AIDS-related illness.

Notes

Wikipedia: 'Unfinished Painting is a 1989 painting by American artist Keith Haring... 100 cm by 100 cm acrylic painting on canvas.'

Source

Wikipedia; Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery