Keith Haring - Untitled (cup man) - Giclée - Artestar licensed print

Giclée (*) print of Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled,” screen print created by Haring in 1989.
Luxury edition on matte high-grammage conservation digital paper (250 g/m²). A very versatile, high-quality paper, manufactured in Germany with acid-free wood pulp and chlorine-free.
Authorized print by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation

- Sheet dimensions: 60 x 47 cm
- Subject dimensions: 50 x 37 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always stored in a professional art folder, therefore offered in pristine condition).

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

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the work with a full refund 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 reproductions of art 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 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 markers on the subways of the Big Apple, and later colored white chalk cartoons on black advertising panels, 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 filmed by photographer Tseng Kwong Chi.
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 participated 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 de 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 an exhibition of his work, and he also took part 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 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 work 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 benefit album “A Very Special Christmas,” on which his friend Madonna was included.
In 1988 he was included on 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 aim was to fight the social problems related to this disease and to bring the artist’s work to the public through exhibitions, publications and licensing of his work.
In June 1989 he painted his last public work on a wall of the Convento di Sant’Antonio in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the young age of 32, victim of AIDS.

(**) "The Man of the Cup," 1989, is a vivid testament to the artist’s ability to combine playful images with deep symbolic depth. This silkscreen captures Haring’s characteristic energy, using bold lines, vibrant color planes and a dynamic composition to create a figure that is both whimsical and captivating. The central figure, whose segmented torso suggests a layered structure, almost like a matryoshka, is caught in full movement, with arms raised in an exuberant gesture, radiating vitality and motion. The surrounding lines and shapes amplify this sense of kinetic energy, turning the figure into a beacon of life and animation.
Against a striking greenish-blue background with a purple dotted backdrop, the work shows Haring’s masterful use of contrast and rhythm. The interaction of color, form and movement embodies Haring’s interest in the universality of human expression, translating joy, vitality and connectedness into a visual language recognizable at a glance. The figure of the “Man of the Cup” encapsulates Haring’s exploration of transformation, multiplicity and the interaction between individual and collective experience, reflecting his lifelong commitment to social issues through accessible imagery.
This work exemplifies Haring’s enduring legacy: his ability to create visually captivating, socially resonant and deeply human art. It is both a celebration of movement and energy and a moving reflection of Haring’s innovative vision in late 20th-century contemporary art.