Keith maintained a very demanding work schedule. Often traveling for weeks at a time, juggling numerous projects simultaneously, Keith managed to get a lot done in his short career. This section highlights Keith’s handwritten “to do” lists which include public speaking engagements, gallery installations, dinner appointments and social activities.
1987
January 1987
Special project Red Yellow Blue:
December, 1986 
November 1987
Keith wrote about his visit to the Lippincott Foundry in New Haven, CT:
“Of course, nothing changed as far as the creation of my work was concerned. At the prodding of Tony Shafrazi [keith's gallerist], I now become interested in the challenge of producing large outdoor sculptures– public sculptures. I begin by making my models out of aluminum in my studio, and then I start working with a foundry called Lippincott, in Connecticut. The sculptures being made look almost as if they could be climbed on, an I paint the pieces in these sculptures really bright colors so that they resemble toys.”
-Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography by John Gruen. Prentice Hall Press, 1991.
Photos by Ivan Dalla Tana
September 1987
September 1-3-Keith was traveling to Philadelphia to paint a mural for City Kids of Phil. and New York.
copyright Donnie Roberts
Keith also took some time to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
copyright Yves Arman
September 4-5-The unveiling of the Schneider Hospital Sculpture in New Hyde Park, Long Island.
September 9-10-Keith traveled to his hometown in Pennsylvania for a one-man exhibition at the Kutztown New Arts Program.
Below is a photograph of Keith with his parents Allen and Joan.
September 11-13-Keith visited writer William S. Burroughs in Lawrence, Kansas. Burroughs was a fixture of the Beat Generation who authored semi-autographical novels like Naked Lunch (1957), Exterminator!(1973), and The Western Lands (1987).
The caption of this photo, written by Allen Ginsberg reads: Long skulled Keith Haring Lawrence Kansas Sept 9, 1987 Passing thru Burroughs Fiesta. Allen Ginsberg
September 14-27-
October 1986….
City Kids Milan
City Kids Milan ceremony with Bill T. Jones
Toy Store-Paris
Sculpture install-Paris
Painting skirt for Grace Jones
Photos by Tseng Kwong Chi, 1986 Copyright Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc.
