Keith Haring’s hidden 1979 mural resurfaces in a $25M New York loft

The Keith Haring Foundation authenticated the unsigned mural, offering a rare glimpse into the artist’s early years. Somewhere behind the walls of a New York loft, an artwork by Keith Haring spent decades out of sight, protected by an unlikely layer of drywall. Painted long before the artist became an international name, the mural survived a change of occupants, a restaurant conversion and years of concealment. Today, it is the centrepiece of an extraordinary Tribeca property: an 8,000-square-foot triplex listed for $25 million, claims an online report by art website Artsy.A mural painted into the buildingAccording to Artsy, located at 260 West Broadway in the landmarked American Thread Building, the loft carries a piece of New York art history that cannot simply be taken down and moved elsewhere. Haring created the monochrome mural in 1979, while studying at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), which then operated a student gallery on the building’s lower floor.Working with shoe polish and alcohol rather than conventional art materials, Haring painted directly onto an iron column, a structural beam and the ceiling, states the report. The resulting composition features interlocking for...