I’ve walked past the corner of Prince and Broadway countless times but never noticed the stone etching on the NW corner. It is dated ‘84 and is reminiscent of Keith Haring’s work so I assumed it was his. I’m not the first person to make this mistake. Apparently it is the work of Ken Hiratsuka. Haring did use the sidewalks as a canvas back in his day though. It is mentioned in his biography that he created a stencil reading “Clones Go Home” and would spray paint the slogan on the border between the East and West Villages.

I’ve walked past the corner of Prince and Broadway countless times but never noticed the stone etching on the NW corner. It is dated ‘84 and is reminiscent of Keith Haring’s work so I assumed it was his. I’m not the first person to make this mistake. Apparently it is the work of Ken Hiratsuka. Haring did use the sidewalks as a canvas back in his day though. It is mentioned in his biography that he created a stencil reading “Clones Go Home” and would spray paint the slogan on the border between the East and West Villages.

posted : Monday, October 5th, 2009

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