Keith Haring - POSTER PRINT Untitled - Giclée - Artestar licensed print

Giclée (*) by Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled”, created by Haring in 1981.
Luxury edition on conservation-grade matte digital paper of 250 g/m². A very versatile and high-quality paper, made in Germany from acid- and chlorine-free wood pulp.
Printed with authorization by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation

- Sheet dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
- Motif dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always kept in a professional art folder, therefore offered in immaculate condition).

The artwork will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard packaging. The shipment will be certified with tracking number (UPS DPD DHL FedEx)

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the artwork with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Giclée is a term referring to a type of high-quality fine-art print, digitally created with inkjet printers. This process uses pigment-based inks and specialized papers to achieve great sharpness, color accuracy, and durability, ideal for reproductions of art and photographs.

(**) Keith Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.
He grew up in Kutztown and since childhood showed a strong interest in art. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art, in Pittsburg, and at age 19, openly gay, he moved to New York, where he found inspiration in graffiti art and enrolled at the School of Visual Arts where he received influence from Keith Sonnler and Joseph Kossuth, who encouraged him to train as a conceptual artist after experimenting with form and color.
Haring drew public attention in 1980, when he began drawing cartoon-like images with marker in the subways of the Big Apple, and then he painted with white chalks cartoons on the black panels intended for advertising, which earned him more than one arrest.
His clean lines, vivid colors and active figures carried strong messages of life and unity and his exhibitions were filmed by photographer Tseng Kwong Chi.
Also around this time, he organized an exhibition at Club 57, and participated in a show at Times Square, where he drew animals and human faces for the first time.
His first solo exhibition was at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in 1981, the same year he took part in the Documenta 7 exhibition in Kassel, Germany.
In 1982 he befriended emerging artists of the time such as Kenny Sharf, Madonna and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and even met the famous Andy Warhol.
In 1984 Haring went to Australia and painted several murals in Melbourne and Sydney, and even received money for his work from the National Gallery Victoria and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
He also visited and painted in Rio de Janeiro, the Paris Modern Art Museum, Minneapolis and Manhattan.
Even in this era he designed a pink jacket that Madonna wore to interpret her song “Like a Virgin” on the show “Solid Gold”.
In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in Bordeaux held an exhibition of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennale.
He appeared in November of that year on the MTV channel where he painted on a program hosted by his friend Nick Rhodes, of the group Duran Duran.
In 1986 he painted murals in Amsterdam, Paris, Phoenix and Berlin, also painted Grace Jones's body for her music video of the song “I’m Not Perfect”, and opened a shop to sell his works in SoHo.
By then, his works began to reflect the socio-political issues of the time such as anti-Apartheid, AIDS and drugs.
He also created pop art pieces for brands like Absolut Vodka, Lucky Strike and Coca-Cola, and even designed the cover of the charitable album “A Very Special Christmas”, in which his friend Madonna was included.
In 1988 he was included in a select list of artists whose works appeared on the labels of Chateau Mouton Rothschild wines, and that same year he was diagnosed with AIDS, so the following year he opened the Keith Haring Foundation whose objective was to fight social issues related to this disease and to promote the artist's work through exhibitions, publications and licenses of his work.
In June 1989 he painted his last public work on the wall of the convent of the Church of Saint Anthony in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo”.
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990 at the early age of 32 from AIDS.