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Brian Donnelly "Kaws Brooklyn Charity Print" Tondo
Brian Donnelly "Kaws Brooklyn Charity Print" Tondo

Brian Donnelly "Kaws Brooklyn Charity Print" Tondo

By KAWS

Located in Draper, UT

Brian Donnelly Kaws Brooklyn Charity Print MINT CONDITION Signed and Stamped Unnumbered and as

Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

KAWS DISSECTED COMPANION, 2006 Art Toy Sculpture
KAWS DISSECTED COMPANION, 2006 Art Toy Sculpture

KAWS DISSECTED COMPANION, 2006 Art Toy Sculpture

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artist/Designer: KAWS aka Brian Donnelly Marking(s); notes: marking(s); 2006 Materials: painted

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Other Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Other

KAWS ALONG THE WAY, 2019 Art Toy Sculpture
KAWS ALONG THE WAY, 2019 Art Toy Sculpture

KAWS ALONG THE WAY, 2019 Art Toy Sculpture

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artist/Designer: KAWS aka Brian Donnelly Marking(s); notes: marking(s); 2019 Materials: Unknown

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Other

NGV Melbourne Blue
NGV Melbourne Blue

NGV Melbourne Blue

By KAWS

Located in Kansas City, MO

× 16.4 inches Publisher: NGV Melbourne Unsigned Still Wrapped Brian Donnelly, known professionally as

Category

2010s Street Art More Prints

Materials

Offset

KAWS x Supreme Chalk Logo Skateboard Deck Pink

KAWS x Supreme Chalk Logo Skateboard Deck Pink

By KAWS

Located in Dubai, Dubai

Chalk Logo Skateboard Deck, Pink By KAWS KAWS, the pseudonym of American artist Brian Donnelly

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Plywood

Seeing Blue (BFF Lamp) By Kaws
Seeing Blue (BFF Lamp) By Kaws

Seeing Blue (BFF Lamp) By Kaws

By KAWS

Located in Dubai, Dubai

Seeing Blue (BFF Lamp) By Kaws KAWS, the pseudonym of American artist Brian Donnelly, is widely

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Holiday Big Moon By KAWS
Holiday Big Moon By KAWS

Holiday Big Moon By KAWS

By KAWS

Located in Dubai, Dubai

Holiday Big Moon By KAWS KAWS, the pseudonym of American artist Brian Donnelly, is widely

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS "Holiday Space, " 2020
KAWS "Holiday Space, " 2020

KAWS "Holiday Space, " 2020

By KAWS

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: KAWS aka Brian Donnelly (American, b. 1974); Medicom Toy Corporation

Category

2010s Post-Modern More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS "Holiday Space, " 2020
KAWS "Holiday Space, " 2020

KAWS "Holiday Space, " 2020

By KAWS

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: KAWS aka Brian Donnelly (American, b. 1974); Medicom Toy Corporation

Category

2010s Post-Modern More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS URGE 4 Screenprint
KAWS URGE 4 Screenprint

KAWS URGE 4 Screenprint

By KAWS

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: KAWS aka Brian Donnelly (American, b. 1974) Marking(s); notes

Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

KAWS "Together (Black)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Together (Black)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Together (Black)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. Growing up

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Companion Flayed (Brown)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Companion Flayed (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Companion Flayed (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

a notable limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Small Lie (Brown)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Small Lie (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Small Lie (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. Growing up

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Share (Brown)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Share (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Share (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

notable limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Small Lie (Black)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Small Lie (Black)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Small Lie (Black)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. Growing up

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Together (Brown)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Together (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Together (Brown)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. Growing up

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Share (Black)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Share (Black)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Share (Black)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. Growing up

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

KAWS "Time Off (Pink)" Toy Sculpture
KAWS "Time Off (Pink)" Toy Sculpture

KAWS "Time Off (Pink)" Toy Sculpture

By KAWS

Located in Boston, MA

limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. Growing up

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

PVC

What Party (Orange), KAWS
What Party (Orange), KAWS

KAWSWhat Party (Orange), KAWS, 2020

$28,000Sale Price|20% Off

What Party (Orange), KAWS

By KAWS

Located in Fairfield, CT

, numbered 51/100 and dated in colored pencil BRIAN DONNELLY (1974- ) Professionally known as KAWS, is a New

Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

KAWS Cat Teeth Bank 2007
KAWS Cat Teeth Bank 2007

KAWS Cat Teeth Bank 2007

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

underside. Published by Medicom Toy and OriginalFake, Tokyo. Brian Donnelly, the ex-Disney illustrator

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS HOLIDAY Companion: set of 3 works (KAWS grey Companion)
KAWS HOLIDAY Companion: set of 3 works (KAWS grey Companion)

KAWS HOLIDAY Companion: set of 3 works (KAWS grey Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

2016. _ Brian Donnelly, better known as KAWS, spent the first year of his career as an animator for

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS SHARE Set of 2 (KAWS brown grey share companions)
KAWS SHARE Set of 2 (KAWS brown grey share companions)

KAWS SHARE Set of 2 (KAWS brown grey share companions)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

, sculptures, products, and toy figures. KAWS, born Brian Donnelly, straddles the worlds of art as well as

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS One (early KAWS artist book)
KAWS One (early KAWS artist book)

KAWS One (early KAWS artist book)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the School of

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Paper, Offset

KAWS FAMILY (brown KAWS Family companion)
KAWS FAMILY (brown KAWS Family companion)

KAWS FAMILY (brown KAWS Family companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS

Category

2010s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS FAMILY complete set of 3 works (KAWS Family companion)
KAWS FAMILY complete set of 3 works (KAWS Family companion)

KAWS FAMILY complete set of 3 works (KAWS Family companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

artist and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS FAMILY set of 2 works (brown & black KAWS Family companion)
KAWS FAMILY set of 2 works (brown & black KAWS Family companion)

KAWS FAMILY set of 2 works (brown & black KAWS Family companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated from the School of Visual

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)
KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)

KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

WHAT PARTY (YELLOW)
WHAT PARTY (YELLOW)

KAWSWHAT PARTY (YELLOW), 2020

$17,970Sale Price|40% Off

WHAT PARTY (YELLOW)

By KAWS

Located in Aventura, FL

prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

WHAT PARTY (ORANGE)
WHAT PARTY (ORANGE)

KAWSWHAT PARTY (ORANGE), 2020

$17,970Sale Price|40% Off

WHAT PARTY (ORANGE)

By KAWS

Located in Aventura, FL

prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)
KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)

KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

American graffiti artist and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS red blush)
KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS red blush)

KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS red blush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)
KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)

KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

graffiti artist and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS Blush Companion 2016 (KAWS Flayed)
KAWS Blush Companion 2016 (KAWS Flayed)

KAWS Blush Companion 2016 (KAWS Flayed)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

DISSECTED COMPANION (BLACK)
DISSECTED COMPANION (BLACK)

KAWSDISSECTED COMPANION (BLACK), 2005

$29,970Sale Price|40% Off

DISSECTED COMPANION (BLACK)

By KAWS

Located in Aventura, FL

Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the School of

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

DISSECTED COMPANION (GREY)
DISSECTED COMPANION (GREY)

KAWSDISSECTED COMPANION (GREY), 2005

$29,970Sale Price|40% Off

DISSECTED COMPANION (GREY)

By KAWS

Located in Aventura, FL

an American graffiti artist and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

KAWS TOGETHER Companion (KAWS Black Together)
KAWS TOGETHER Companion (KAWS Black Together)

KAWS TOGETHER Companion (KAWS Black Together)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS Companion 2016 (set of 2 works)
KAWS Companion 2016 (set of 2 works)

KAWS Companion 2016 (set of 2 works)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS Exposed 1999 (early KAWS artist book)
KAWS Exposed 1999 (early KAWS artist book)

KAWS Exposed 1999 (early KAWS artist book)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA from

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Paper

KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)
KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)

KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS THE PROMISE (KAWS The Promise Grey)
KAWS THE PROMISE (KAWS The Promise Grey)

KAWS THE PROMISE (KAWS The Promise Grey)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS TIME OFF (KAWS Time Off companion)
KAWS TIME OFF (KAWS Time Off companion)

KAWS TIME OFF (KAWS Time Off companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

graffiti artist and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS TOGETHER Black (KAWS Black Together Companion)
KAWS TOGETHER Black (KAWS Black Together Companion)

KAWS TOGETHER Black (KAWS Black Together Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

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Brian Donnelly For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal brian donnelly for your home. Frequently made of paper, every brian donnelly was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the brian donnelly you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. You’ll likely find more than one brian donnelly that is appealing in its simplicity, but KAWS produced versions that are worth a look.

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KAWS for sale on 1stDibs

In the beginning, Brian Donnelly was just a kid from Jersey City, New Jersey, who got into the graffiti thing. KAWS was his tag, chosen simply because he liked the way it looked. Today, KAWS creates all kinds of art — there are KAWS figures and toys, sculptures and colorful drawings, paintings and prints that appropriate pop phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants.

In the late 1990s, the artist, a 1996 graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts, was making a living as an illustrator for the animation studio Jumbo Pictures. Like young Hansel and Gretel with their trail of crumbs, KAWS would mark the morning route to his downtown Manhattan office with “subvertising,” “interrupting” fashion advertisements by adding his colorful character Bendy, its sinuous length sliding playfully around the likes of a Calvin Klein perfume bottle or supermodel Christy Turlington.

These creations gained a following, to the point where work posted in the morning would disappear by lunchtime. Even in those early days, KAWS was hot on the resale market.

“When I was doing graffiti,” he once explained, “it meant nothing to me to make paintings if I wasn’t reaching people.”

Instead of seeking entrée to the elite New York art world (which, frankly, wasn’t looking for a street artist anyway), KAWS moved to Japan, where a flourishing youth culture welcomed visionaries like him.

In 1999, he partnered with Bounty Hunter, a Japanese toy and streetwear brand, to release his first toy. Companion — an eight-inch-tall vinyl reimagining of Mickey Mouse, with a skull-and-crossbones head and trademark XX eyes — debuted with a limited run of 500. It sold out quickly.

Companion was the first of more than 130 toy designs, which came to include such characters as Chum, Blitz, Be@rbrick, BFF and Milo, each immediately recognizable as KAWS figures by their XX eyes. Fans have proved insatiable. In 2017, MoMA’s online store announced the availability of a limited supply of KAWS Companion figures; as avid collectors logged on to stake their claim, the website crashed — multiple times.

Companion is the most visible of the KAWS posse, appearing over the past decade in new postures and combinations in monumental KAWS statues and other works. These include Along the Way (2013), an 18-foot-tall wooden sculpture of two Companions leaning on each other for support; Together (2016), two Companions in a friendly embrace, which debuted during an exhibition of KAWS’s work at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in Texas; and KAWS:HOLIDAY (2018), a 92-foot-long inflatable Companion floating on its back in Seoul’s Seokchon Lake. The sculptures were re-created as toys, blurring the lines between art and commerce.

KAWS’s visual language may be drawn from cartoons, but his work doesn’t necessarily evoke childlike joy.

“My figures are not always reflecting the idealistic cartoon view that I grew up on,” he explains in the catalogue for the Fort Worth exhibition. “Companion is more real in dealing with contemporary human circumstances . . . . I think when I’m making work it also often mirrors what’s going on with me at that time.”

KAWS's résumé reads like a record of major 21st-century pop-culture moments. It includes his work with streetwear brands like A Bathing Ape and Supreme; his design for the cover of Kanye West’s 2008 album, 808s & Heartbreak; and his collaboration with designer Kim Jones on the Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2019 collection, Jones’s debut as the fashion brand’s creative director.

Learn how to spot a fake KAWS art toy, and browse authentic KAWS figures, prints, sculptures and mixed media works on 1stDibs.

Questions About KAWS
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 26, 2024
    What the KAWS character is called depends on which one you mean, as KAWS has created more than one. Companion is the most visible of the KAWS posse, appearing over the past decade in new postures and iterations in both monumental KAWS statues and small figures. The character is a reimagining of Mickey Mouse with a skull-and-crossbones head and trademark XX eyes. Other KAWS characters include Accomplice, Chum and Bendy. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of KAWS art.
  • Irena Orlov ArtMarch 1, 2021
    Kaws' Companion is a clown-like figure based on a Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024
    To tell if a KAWS Companion is real, assess its overall quality. All authentic KAWS figures will feel solid and dense. If it’s hollow, it’s likely not a KAWS. And be skeptical of any product marked “factory error.” KAWS spends a great deal of time perfecting every limited-edition design and would never release a less-than-flawless creation. Smudged, deformed or misaligned details are highly unlikely on an authentic KAWS; it’s more probable that “factory error” and “sample” are simply more appealing terms for “unauthorized copy.” Also, look for the product’s correct year of creation and © KAWS stamped on the bottom of the doll. Some models should have the series name or toy manufacturer on them as well. Knowing the characteristics of the particular figure you're purchasing can also help you determine if the toy is authentic. When in doubt, enlist the help of a knowledgeable expert, such as a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of KAWS art.