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ART FIND

GLENDALE, Ariz. – In December 1986, world-renowned street artist Keith Haring visited Phoenix for a well-documented, week-long visit that included a drawing workshop at Phoenix Art Museum, lectures and, most notably, a collaborative project with some 60 students from South Mountain High School.

That collaboration produced a bold, colorful, abstract 125-foot mural on the wall of an abandoned building at the corner of Adams Street and Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix.

Now, more than three decades later, an acrylic painting Haring gifted to a young man during his trip to Phoenix has emerged. The painting, measuring 35-3/4 inches by 25-1/2 inches and singed on the bottom right with a personalized note on the back of the canvas, will be auctioned at noon Friday, June 19 at EJ’s Auction & Appraisal, Glendale.

“We’re confident that this

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