Keith Haring (after) - Untitled - Offset lithography - TeNeues lithographic print

Keith Haring Offset Lithography (*)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled,” screen print made by K. Haring in 1989.
Printed on thick Fine Art card stock.
Published by teNeues Publishing Company, New York.
Printer authorized by “The State of Keith Haring” in Germany, with copyright seal from the Foundation in the lower right edge.

- Sheet dimensions: 80 x 60 cm
- Image dimensions: 54.5 x 54.5 cm
- Year: 2000
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always kept in a professional art folder, hence offered in excellent condition).
- Provenance: Private collection.

The work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard. The shipping will be insured with a tracking number.

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

(*) Keith Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.
He grew up in Kutztown and from a young age showed a strong interest in art. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, and at 19, openly declaring himself gay, he moved to New York, where he found inspiration in graffiti art and enrolled at the School of Visual Arts, where he was influenced by Keith Sonnier and Joseph Kosuth, who encouraged him to train as a conceptual artist after experimenting with form and color.
Haring drew public attention in 1980 when he began doodling cartoon-like images with markers in the New York subway, and later colored cartoons on white chalk on black panels intended for advertising, which led to more than one arrest. His clean lines, vivid colors, and active figures carried strong messages about life and unity, and his exhibitions were photographed by Tseng Kwong Chi.
Around this time he also organized an exhibition at Club 57, and participated in a show in 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 Documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany.
In 1982 he befriended emerging artists of the time such as Kenny Scharf, 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, earning money for his work from the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
He also made visits and painted in Rio de Janeiro, the Paris Museum of Modern Art, Minneapolis and Manhattan.
During this period he even designed a pink jacket worn by Madonna to perform her song “Like a Virgin” on the show “Solid Gold.”
In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in Bordeaux organized an exhibition of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennale.
He appeared in November of that year on MTV, painting on a program hosted by his friend Nick Rhodes of 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 work in SOHO.
By then, his works began reflecting the socio-political issues of the era, 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,” which included his friend Madonna.
In 1988 he was included on a select list of artists whose works appeared on Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine labels, and that same year he was diagnosed with AIDS, which led him to establish the Keith Haring Foundation the following year, aimed at fighting the social issues related to the disease and promoting the artist’s work through exhibitions, publications, and licenses of his work.
In June 1989 he painted his last public work on a wall of the Church of Saint Anthony in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the young age of 32 from AIDS.