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

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

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

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

The shipping 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 referring to a high-quality fine art print produced digitally with inkjet printers. This process uses pigment-based inks and specialized papers to achieve high 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 drawing cartoon-like images with markers on New York City subways, and later drew white chalk cartoons 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 at 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 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 Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Minneapolis and Manhattan.
During this period he even designed a pink jacket used by Madonna 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 program hosted by his friend Nick Rhodes of the group Duran Duran.
In 1986 he painted murals in Amsterdam, Paris, Phoenix and Berlin, he 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 problems 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,” 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, which led him to inaugurate the Keith Haring Foundation the following year, with the goal of fighting social issues related to this disease and making the artist’s work known through exhibitions, publications and licensing 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 young age of 32, a victim of AIDS.