ART | New York (1971-2006)
New York (1971-2006)
In 1973, after returning from Italy, Keller settles into his East Village studio. Working as a staff writer and editorial cartoonist for People's Daily World, he continues his own work, producing a number of noteworthy pieces including the Newburgh Ferry Slip serigraph, 1980, French Coal Miner, 1988 and The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, 1988.
He sketches regularly and fills his sketchbooks with portraits of musicians and political activists, two of his favorite subjects. During this period, he travels to Mexico where he continues to document the struggle of workers as seen in such works as Weaver and The Bakery, 1987.
Keller is widely exhibited in New York at this time and continues to work in his East Village studio on a daily basis until his demise in 2006 at the age of 91.