Screenprint on Rives BFK , 1986. 430x560 mm; 17x22 inches, full margins. One of 7 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 30. Signed, dated, inscribed "AP" and numbered 5/7 in pencil, lower right. Published by Bèbert, Rotterdam. From the same titled portfolio.
Haring's (1958-1990) Bad Boys series reflects the artist's advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights against the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. The sexually explicit subject matter of Haring's Bad Boys series is indicative of a turning point in the artist's career, when the HIV/AIDS epidemic hit New York in the 1980s. Littmann, page 59.
