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

Giclée (*) print of Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled” created by Haring in 1981..
Luxury edition on high-quality Fine Art paper with a high weight (250 g/m²)
Authorized print by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

- Sheet dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
- Motif dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always stored in a professional art folder, so it is offered in pristine condition).

The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. Shipping will be tracked (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 high-quality fine art printing method 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 from a young age showed a strong interest in art. 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 become a conceptual artist after experimenting with form and color.
Haring drew public attention in 1980 when he began doodling cartoon-like images with marker on the subways of the Big Apple, and then he drew white chalk cartoons 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 Modern Art Museum, Minneapolis and Manhattan.
Even in this era he 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 hosted an exhibition of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennale.
He appeared in November of that year on MTV 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 the body of Grace Jones 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 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”, on 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, which led him to inaugurate the Keith Haring Foundation the following year, aimed at fighting social issues related to this disease and raising awareness of the artist’s work through exhibitions, publications and licensing 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 work was titled “Tuttomondo”.
Keith Haring passed away on February 16, 1990 at the young age of 32 from AIDS.