Keith Haring - Untitled (Pyramid with UFOs) - Giclée - 40x40 - Artestar licensed print *COA*

Giclée Print (*) by Keith Haring (**)
Reproduction of the work “Untitled,” created by Haring in 1981.
Luxury edition on high-quality, heavyweight Fine Art paper (250 g/m²)
Print authorized by Artestar New York. Copyright: Keith Haring Foundation
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

- Sheet dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
- Image dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or displayed; it has always been kept in a professional art portfolio, and is therefore offered in pristine condition).

The work will be handled with care and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. Shipping will be registered and include a tracking number (UPS DPD DHL FedEx)

Shipping will also include transport insurance for the final value of the work, with a full refund in the event of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Giclée is a term referring to a type of high-quality fine art printing, created digitally using inkjet printers. This process uses pigment-based inks and specialty papers to achieve great sharpness, color accuracy, and durability, making it ideal for art and photographic reproductions.

(**) Keith Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.
He grew up in Kutztown and showed a strong interest in art from an early age. He studied graphic design at The Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, and at the age of 19, having already come out as gay, he moved to New York, where he found inspiration in graffiti art and enrolled at the School of Visual Arts. There, 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 caught the public’s attention in 1980, when he began drawing cartoon-like images with a marker in the subway stations of the Big Apple. He later used white chalk to draw comics on the black panels set aside for advertisements, which led to more than one arrest.
His clean lines, vivid colors, and active figures conveyed powerful messages about life and unity, and his exhibitions were filmed by photographer Tseng Kwong Chi.
Around this time, he also organized an exhibition at Club 57 and took part in a show in Times Square, where he drew animals and human faces for the first time.
His first solo exhibition was at the Tony Shafrazy Gallery in 1981, the same year he took part in Documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany.
In 1982, he became friends with emerging artists of the time, such as Kenny Sharf, 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. He was even paid for his work by the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
He also visited and painted in Rio de Janeiro, at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, in Minneapolis, and in Manhattan.
During this period, he even designed a pink jacket that Madonna wore while performing her song “Like a Virgin” on the program “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, 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 store in SOHO to sell his work.
By then, his works had begun to reflect the sociopolitical issues of the time, such as anti-apartheid, AIDS, and drugs.
He also created pop art pieces for brands such as Absolut Vodka, Lucky Strike, and Coca-Cola, and even designed the cover of the charity album “A Very Special Christmas,” which featured his friend Madonna.
In 1988, he was included on a select list of artists whose work appeared on the labels of Château Mouton Rothschild wines. That same year, he was diagnosed with AIDS, and the following year he founded the Keith Haring Foundation, whose aim was to fight social issues related to the disease and to make the artist’s work known through exhibitions, publications, and the licensing of his work.
In June 1989, he painted his last public work on a wall of the convent of the Church of Sant’Antonio in Pisa. The work was titled “Tuttomondo.”
Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990, at the young age of 32, from AIDS.