254 - Untitled (Cannibal), 1982

"Untitled (Cannibal)" is a sumi ink on paper created by Keith Haring in 1982. The artwork is signed and dated verso 'SEPT.21 - 82 + K. Haring'. The image size is 38 x 50" and the artwork is framed in a custom, closed-corner, gold-leaf frame. The artwork ships framed. By the early 1980s, Haring had begun to move beyond his famous subway drawings, creating large-scale works that confronted the anxieties of modern life with an unprecedented combination of immediacy and mythic force. Executed on September 21, 1982, this monumental sumi ink drawing — colloquially titled "Cannibal" — is a powerful example of Haring’s early mastery, a time when his language of bold lines and simplified figures achieved both graphic clarity and psychological depth. Created in deep black sumi ink on a commanding sheet measuring 38.5 x 50 inches, the work depicts a single monumental face, its mouth stretched open in a consuming frenzy. From the upper left corner, this voracious figure lunges diagonally across