Keith Haring - Untitled - Giclée - Artestar licensed print ** NO RESERVE **

Giclée (*) by Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled,” created by Haring in 1981.
Luxury edition on conservation matte digital paper 250 g/m². A very versatile, high-quality paper made in Germany from acid- and chlorine-free wood pulp.
Authorized print 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 work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard. Shipping will be certified with a tracking number (UPS DPD DHL FedEx)

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the work 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 printing, digitally created with inkjet printers. This process uses pigment-based inks and specialized papers to achieve great sharpness, color accuracy, and durability, ideal for art reproductions and photographs.

(**) Keith Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.
He grew up in Kutztown and showed a strong interest in art from an early age. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburg, 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 was influenced by 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 to doodle cartoon-like images with markers in the subway cars of the Big Apple, and later painted with white chalks comics 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 filmed by photographer Tseng Kwong Chi.
Also around this time, he 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 the Documenta 7 exhibition 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, and even received money 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 Paris Museum of Modern Art, Minneapolis, and Manhattan.
During this period he even designed a pink jacket that Madonna wore to perform her song “Like a Virgin” on the TV show “Solid Gold.”
In 1985, the Museum of Modern Art in Bordeaux organized an exhibition of his work, and he also participated in the Paris Biennale.
In November of that year he appeared 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 problems of the time such as anti-Apartheid, AIDS, and drugs.
He also produced pop art pieces for brands such as Absolut Vodka, Lucky Strike, and Coca-Cola, and even designed the cover of the charity 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 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine labels, and that same year he was diagnosed with AIDS, so the following year he founded the Keith Haring Foundation aimed at fighting the social issues related to this disease and raising awareness of 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 San Antonio’s convent in Pisa. This piece was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring passed away on February 16, 1990, at the early age of 32, victim of AIDS.