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

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

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

The work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard. Shipping will be tracked with a tracking number (UPS DPD DHL FedEx)

Shipping 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 print produced digitally 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 great 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 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 drawing cartoon-like images with markers on New York subways, and later chalked white comic strips on black panels intended for advertising, which led to more than one arrest.
His clean lines, vibrant colors, and active figures carried strong messages of life and unity, and his exhibitions were filmed by photographer Tseng Kwong Chi.
Around the same time, he organized an exhibition at Club 57, and participated in a show at Times Square, where he first drew animals and human faces.
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 period 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 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 in a show 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 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 charity album “A Very Special Christmas,” on which his friend Madonna was included.
In 1988 he was included in an exclusive 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 social problems related to this 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 San Antonio in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990 at the early age of 32 from AIDS.

(**) The Man of the Cup, 1989, is a vivid testament to the artist’s ability to combine playful imagery 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 at once whimsical and captivating. The central figure, whose segmented torso suggests a layered structure, almost like a matryoshka, is caught in full motion, with arms raised in an exuberant gesture, radiating vitality and movement. The surrounding lines and shapes amplify this sense of kinetic energy, turning the figure into a beacon of life and animation.
On a striking bluish-green 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 instantly recognizable. 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 images.
This work exemplifies Haring’s lasting legacy: his ability to create visually captivating, socially resonant, and deeply human art. It is at once a celebration of movement and energy and a poignant reflection of Haring’s innovative vision in late 20th-century contemporary art."}{