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 GSM (250 g/m²).
Print authorized 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, and is offered in immaculate condition).

The artwork will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard. Shipping will be tracked (UPS/DPD/DHL/FedEx).

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the artwork with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Giclée is a term that refers 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 keen interest in art. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburg, and at age 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 captured public attention in 1980 when he began drawing cartoon-like images with markers on the New York subway, and later drew white chalk storyboards on black panels intended for advertising, which earned him more than a few arrests. 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 first drew animals and human faces. His first solo exhibition was at Tony Shafrazy 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 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.
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 organized an exhibition of his work, and he also participated in the Paris Biennale.
He appeared in November of that year on MTV where he painted on 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 charitable album “A Very Special Christmas,” in which his friend Madonna was included.
In 1988 he was included on a select list of artists whose works appeared on Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine labels, and that same year he was diagnosed with AIDS, which led him to establish the Keith Haring Foundation the following year with the aim of fighting the social problems related to this disease and to raise awareness of the artist’s work through exhibitions, publications, and licenses.
In June 1989 he painted his last public work on a wall of the Church of San Antonio convent in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the young age of 32, a victim of AIDS.