Keith Haring - Untitled (Pyramid with UFOs) - Artestar licensed print





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Description from the seller
Keith Haring offset lithograph (*)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled,” created by Haring in 1981.
Deluxe edition on high-quality Fine Art paper with a high weight (250 g/m²)
Print authorized by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation
- Sheet dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
- Image dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always stored in a professional art folder, and is offered in pristine condition).
The work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard packaging. Shipping will be tracked (UPS DPD DHL FedEx)
The shipment will also include transit insurance for the final value of the artwork 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, already 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 the influence of 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 a marker in New York City subways, and then painted with white chalk on black panels intended for advertising, which earned him 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 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 era 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, and even received payment for his work from the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
He also visited and painted in Rio de Janeiro, the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, Minneapolis and Manhattan.
During this period he even designed a pink jacket that Madonna wore to perform her song “Like a Virgin” on the show “Solid Gold.”
In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in Bordeaux held a retrospective of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennial.
He appeared in November of that year on MTV where he painted on a program hosted by his friend Nick Rhodes of the band Duran Duran.
In 1986 he painted murals in Amsterdam, Paris, Phoenix, and Berlin, also painted Grace Jones’s body for her music video for 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 era, such as anti-apartheid, AIDS, and drugs.
He also created pop art pieces for brands such as 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 appeared.
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, which led him to establish the Keith Haring Foundation the following year, aimed at fighting 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 convent of the Church of San Antonio in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the early age of 32, a victim of AIDS.
Seller's Story
Keith Haring offset lithograph (*)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled,” created by Haring in 1981.
Deluxe edition on high-quality Fine Art paper with a high weight (250 g/m²)
Print authorized by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation
- Sheet dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
- Image dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always stored in a professional art folder, and is offered in pristine condition).
The work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard packaging. Shipping will be tracked (UPS DPD DHL FedEx)
The shipment will also include transit insurance for the final value of the artwork 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, already 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 the influence of 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 a marker in New York City subways, and then painted with white chalk on black panels intended for advertising, which earned him 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 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 era 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, and even received payment for his work from the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
He also visited and painted in Rio de Janeiro, the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, Minneapolis and Manhattan.
During this period he even designed a pink jacket that Madonna wore to perform her song “Like a Virgin” on the show “Solid Gold.”
In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in Bordeaux held a retrospective of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennial.
He appeared in November of that year on MTV where he painted on a program hosted by his friend Nick Rhodes of the band Duran Duran.
In 1986 he painted murals in Amsterdam, Paris, Phoenix, and Berlin, also painted Grace Jones’s body for her music video for 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 era, such as anti-apartheid, AIDS, and drugs.
He also created pop art pieces for brands such as 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 appeared.
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, which led him to establish the Keith Haring Foundation the following year, aimed at fighting 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 convent of the Church of San Antonio in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the early age of 32, a victim of AIDS.
