The Valley

Keith Haring

One of 16 works with the same title, year, medium and size: KH00000694, KH00000695, KH00000696, KH00000698, KH00000705, KH00000706, KH00000707, KH00000708, KH00000709, KH00000717, KH00000718, KH00000719, KH00000720, KH00000721, KH00000722.

Date

1989Source: Keith Haring Foundation: The Valley

Artwork type

PrintSource: Keith Haring Foundation: The Valley

Dimensions

25.4 × 22.8 cmSource: Keith Haring Foundation: The Valley

Medium

EtchingSource: Keith Haring Foundation: The Valley

Signed

Not recorded

Description

The Valley (Page 4) by William Burroughs then the current caught it, wafted it upwards, further and further, almost up to the vast overhangs now, as the scales of the fish and snakes and lizards caught the late sun and sparkled with iridescent lights, for the valley was already in shadow. A powerful updraft from the darkening valley, up, up, riding the wind like a vulture… then one wing tore loose and the craft dipped and veered. The other wing broke against the top of the cliff and the boy plummeted down, trailing gossamer rags of the torn fuselage, down, down into the darkness. That was many years ago. How many no one knows. There is no point in keeping any sort of time here. Only the old men remember, and no one knows how old the old men are. No one has tried to build such a craft since.Source: Keith Haring Foundation: The Valley

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