Keith Haring - Untitled - Giclée - 40x40 - Artestar licensed print

Giclée (*) by Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the piece “Untitled,” created by Haring in 1981.
Luxury edition on preservation-grade matte digital paper of 250 g/m². A very versatile, high-quality paper, made in Germany from acid- and chlorine-free wood pulp.
Authorized print by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation

- Sheet dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
- Subject dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, always kept in a professional art folder, and therefore offered in pristine condition).

The work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard. Shipping will be tracked (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 exceptional sharpness, color accuracy, and durability, ideal for art and photography reproductions.

(**) 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 train as a conceptual artist after experimenting with form and color.
Haring drew public attention in 1980 when he began doodling cartoon-like images with markers on the subway in the Big Apple, and then painted white chalk drawings on black panels intended for advertising, 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 for the first time he drew animals and human faces.
His first solo exhibition was at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in 1981, the same year he took part in Documenta 7 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.
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.
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 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 featured.
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 the following year to inaugurate the Keith Haring Foundation whose objective was to fight the social problems related to this disease and to publicize the artist’s work through exhibits, publications and licenses of his work.
In June 1989 he painted his last public work on a wall of the Church of Saint Anthony in Pisa. This work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the early age of 32, victim of AIDS.