The Boxers (sculpture)

Sculpture by Keith Haring in Berlin, Germany

The Boxers

The sculpture in 2008

Artist| Keith Haring
Year| 1987 (1987)
Location| Berlin, Germany
Coordinates| 52°30′32″N 13°22′19″E﻿ / ﻿52.508767°N 13.371814°E﻿ / 52.508767; 13.371814

The Boxers is an outdoor 1987 steel and lacquer sculpture by Keith Haring, installed in Berlin, Germany.[1][2]

## Description

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The sculpture shows simplified humanoid figures, one red and one blue, with holes in the head and stomach. The arms are set up to be through the holes, giving the impression that the holes were punched out by the other figure.

## See also

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* Germany portal
* Visual arts portal

* 1987 in art

## References

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1. ^ "Untitled (Boxers), Keith Haring 1987 - Daimler Art Collection Daimler Art Collection". Daimler Art Collection. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
2. ^ "Artnews.org: Keith Haring at Daimler Art Collection Berlin". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

## External links

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* Media related to Boxer by Keith Haring (Berlin) at Wikimedia Commons

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Keith Haring

Artworks|

* Construction Fence  (1983)
* Keith Haring Mural (1984)
* Crack Is Wack (1986)
* Andy Mouse (1986)
* Tower (1987)
* The Boxers (1987)
* We the Youth  (1987)
* A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat (1988)
* Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA (1989)
* Tuttomondo (1989)
* Unfinished Painting (1989)
* The Valley (1989–90)
* Untitled Series (with Sean Kalish) (1989–90)

Cover art|

* "Without You " (1983)
* "Someone like You" (1986)
* "Christmas in Hollis" (1987)

Works on Haring|

* Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989 TV documentary)
* Radiant Baby (2003 musical)
* The Universe of Keith Haring (2008 documentary)

Museums|

* Nakamura Keith Haring Collection

Related|

* Pop Shop
* Silence = Death (1990 documentary)
* List of works by Keith Haring

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Public art and memorials in Berlin

Portrait sculpture

* Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Peter Beuth
* Otto von Bismarck
* Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
* Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
* Theodor Fontane
* Frederick the Great
* Charlottenburg
* Mitte
* Frederick William I of Brandenburg
* Frederick William IV of Prussia
* August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
* Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* Hermann von Helmholtz
* Alexander von Humboldt
* Mitte
* Tiergarten
* Wilhelm von Humboldt
* James Francis Edward Keith
* Carl Legien
* Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau
* Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
* Wilhelm Leuschner
* Eilhard Mitscherlich
* Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
* Theodor Mommsen
* Max Planck
* Albrecht von Roon
* Gerhard von Scharnhorst
* Friedrich Schiller
* Karl Friedrich Schinkel
* Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
* Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
* Joseph Stalin (removed)
* Albrecht Thaer
* Rudolf Virchow
* Richard Wagner
* Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
* Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
* Hans Joachim von Zieten

Other memorials

* International Stele Always Remember
* Monument to Freedom and Unity (planned)
* Memorial to the First Homosexual Emancipation Movement
* Peace Column
* Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars
* Victory Column

| Nazism · WWII|

* Homosexuals persecuted under Fascism
* The murdered Jews of Europe
* Murdered members of the Reichstag
* Polish soldiers and German anti-Fascists
* Sinti and Roma victims
* Soviet war memorials
* Schönholzer Heide
* Tiergarten
* Treptower Park
* Trains to Life – Trains to Death
* Victims of "euthanasia" killings

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Berlin Wall|

* Freedom Memorial (removed)
* Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer
* The Parliament of Trees
* White Crosses

Other works

* Arc de 124,5°
* Berlin
* Bogenspannerin
* Borghese Gladiators
* The Boxers
* Drachenbrunnen
* Indischer Brunnen
* Klingende Blume
* Lebensalter
* Memoria Urbana Berlin
* Molecule Man
* Neptunbrunnen
* Siegessäulen
* Tilted Donut Wedge with Two Balls

| Museum Island|

* Amazone zu Pferde (August Kiss)
* Centaur and Nymph
* Die Humpty-Dumpty-Maschine der totalen Zukunft
* Gerettet
* Hercules and the Nemean Lion
* Hunne zu Pferde
* Löwe
* Löwenkämpfer
* Mercury and Psyche
* Prometheus Bound and the Oceanids
* The Sower

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Schlossbrücke|

* Athena Arms the Warrior
* Athena Leads the Young Warrior into the Fight
* Athena Protects the Young Hero
* Athena Teaches the Young Man How to Use a Weapon
* Iris Takes the Fallen Hero to Olympus
* Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior
* Nike Crowns the Hero
* Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History

Tiergarten|

* Altgermanische Wisentjagd
* Amazone zu Pferde (Louis Tuaillon)
* Bison
* Churfürstliche Fuchsjagd
* Eberjagd um 1500
* Hasenhatz zur Rokokozeit
* Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar
* Pony und Knappe
* Der Rufer
* Volksgesang

Related

* East Side Gallery
* Lapidarium
* United Buddy Bears

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