Keith Haring - Dog - Giclée - 60x48 - Artestar licensed print *COA*

Giclée print (*) of Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the work “Dog” created by Haring in 1985.
Limited edition on conservation-grade digital matte 250 g/m². A very versatile and high-quality paper, made in Germany from acid-free, chlorine-free wood pulp.
Print authorized by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation.
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

- Sheet dimensions: 60 x 48 cm
- Motif dimensions: 50 x 38 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always stored in a professional art portfolio, and is offered in pristine condition).
- Provenance: Private collection.

The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. 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 high-quality fine art printing process, digitally created with inkjet printers. This process uses pigment-based inks and specialized papers to achieve excellent 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 keen interest in art from a young age. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburg, and at 19, having openly declared as 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 sketch cartoon-like images with markers on New York subway cars, and later drew 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.
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 Shafrazi Gallery in 1981, the same year he participated in Documenta 7 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 held an exhibition of his work, and he also took part in the Paris Biennale.
In November of that year he appeared on MTV in 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 works 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 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 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine labels, and that same year he was diagnosed with AIDS, leading to the founding of the Keith Haring Foundation the following year, aimed at fighting social issues related to this disease and promoting 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 Santa Antonio Church convent in Pisa. This piece was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the early age of 32, from AIDS.