#14 - Jewel's by the Sea - KEITH HARING as photographed by DC LARUE (Catalog - Signed Limited First Edition of 100)

Catalog for the show at Village Works from June 20 to July 1, 2021 of the San Juan, Puerto Rico public art of Keith Haring as photographed by D.C. Larue in 1986. All catalogs are signed by LARUE, nubered, and dated. Only 34 left of this collector’s edition.

A collection of photographs taken in December 1986 of KEITH HARING's public art. Haring executed this beach wall mural in early Summer 1986 on the Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. LARUE photographed details of the work for his personal collection over the December 1986 holiday season. The mural had been weathered over the months by the sand, wind and rain and the effect beautifully resonated with LARUE. In February 1987 a hurricane washed the entire retaining wall the mural was on into the sea. The photographs were authenticated by the Keith Haring Foundation for D.C. Larue in 1993.

THESE ELEVEN IMAGES ARE THE ONLY KNOWN RECORD OF THIS KEITH HARING WORK OF ART. LARUE has only recently decided to bring these images out of his personal collection making them available to the public in limited edition.

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER:

From 1976 to 1980, at disco music's peak, the music of D.C. LARUE ruled the underground dance floors of the world. With #1 Dance hits like "Cathedrals'', "Let Them Dance" and "Hot Jungle Drums and VooDoo Rhythm", LARUE was a pioneer behind a movement still influencing dance and pop music today. An eight year journey from 1984, as creative director of Warner Brothers Records led to him embarking on his own creative path in photography, eventually becoming the principal photographer for the National Arts Club in NYC from 2001 to 2009. With renewed interest in his music, several of his remixed anthems have again reached the Top Ten dance charts in the 2020's!