KAWS Exposed 1999 (early KAWS artist book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS EXPOSED: KAWS Artist Monograph, 1st edition, 1999: KAWS Exposed 1999: A highly collectible
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper
Kaws 1999
KAWSKAWS - Limited Edition Historic 1st Companion ever uniquely Hand Signed & Dated, 1999
$38,500
H 7.75 in W 4.25 in D 2.25 in
KAWS - Limited Edition Historic 1st Companion ever uniquely Hand Signed & Dated
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
unsigned) KAWS Limited Edition 1st Companion (Hand Signed by KAWS), 1999 Painted Cast Vinyl (Hand Signed
Category
1990s Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
Super Model #1 & #2 by KAWS
By KAWS
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of early prints by KAWS being sold together. Supermodel #1 1999 Supermodel #2, 1999
Category
1990s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
KAWSExposed, early (1999) softcover monograph published in France, edition of 2000, 1999
$1,000
H 8.8 in W 6.2 in
Exposed, early (1999) softcover monograph published in France, edition of 2000
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS Exposed, 1999 Early Illustrated softcover book with French folded flaps, published in Paris 8
Category
1990s Street Art More Art
Materials
Offset
Bounty Hunter BXH Companion
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
In collaboration with Real Mad Hectic, and produced by Bounty Hunter, this piece depicts KAWS
Category
1990s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Paint
Tokion poster
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This rare poster was produced in 1999, very early into KAWS's career with Tokion Magazine as part
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
SUPERMODEL 2
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on Rives BFK wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 29.2 x 21 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size approx 34.5 x 2...
Category
1990s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
'Blame Game' III, Silkscreen print on paper
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
New Museum poster
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
by KAWS created in 1999, was the first 3D Companion he ever produced when a trip to Tokyo led to the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
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TOKION POSTER (KAWS x CHRISTY TURLINGTON)
By KAWS
Located in Hong Kong, HK
offset lithograph in colours on smooth wove paper
Category
1990s More Art
Materials
Offset
Untitled (Samurai)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
1999 Offset lithograph in colors on paper Sheet: 14 1/5 x 10 1/5 in. Edition unknown Signed in
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled (Boy in a Park)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
1999 Offset lithograph in colors on paper Sheet: 14 1/5 x 10 1/5 in. Edition unknown Signed in
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled (Couple in Fighting Position)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
1999 Offset lithograph in colors on paper Sheet: 14 1/5 x 10 1/5 in. Edition unknown Signed in
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Untitled (Two Figures With Champagne Glass)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
1999 Offset lithograph in colors on paper Sheet: 14 1/5 x 10 1/5 in. Edition unknown Signed in
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
KAWS Tokion poster 1999 (KAWS Christy Turlington)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Seattle. This example was created by KAWS and was plastered throughout San Francisco in 1999. Offset
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
KAWS, 'Blame Game' II, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' I, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' III, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' II, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' IV, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Twins by Kaws and Todd James
By KAWS
Located in Weesp, NL
characters, KAWS brands Wood Bearbrick with his trademark X to replace the eyes. In 1999 KAWS began to design
Category
Early 2000s American Figurative Sculptures
Twins by Kaws and Todd James, 2004
By KAWS
Located in Weesp, NL
characters, KAWS brands Wood Bearbrick with his trademark X to replace the eyes. In 1999 KAWS began to design
Category
Early 2000s American Figurative Sculptures
KAWS, 'Holiday Limited' Art Toy Grey, 2019
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' X, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, TAKE (KAWSONE: OPEN EDITION), PINK, 2020
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Vinyl
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' II, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
start to present day, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' I, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' IV, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
start to present day, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' VIII, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
start to present day, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' IX, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
start to present day, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket, Disney + KAWS, Art Toy, 2010
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Street Art More Art
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS, 'Blame Game' Complete Portfolio (Set of 10), 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'SHARE' Open Edition Vinyl Art Toy, Brown/Blue, 2020
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
KAWS, 'SHARE' Open Edition Vinyl Art Toy, Brown/Blue, 2020
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
KAWSKAWS: Companion Flayed (Black) - Vinyl Sculpture, Urban, Street art, Pop Art, 2016
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H 11.03 in W 4.73 in D 2.76 in
KAWS: Companion Flayed (Black) - Vinyl Sculpture, Urban, Street art, Pop Art
By KAWS
Located in Madrid, Madrid
& Medicom Toys. Sent inside its original box. Companion is the first character created by KAWS back in 1999
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
KAWS Companion Five Years Later Glow in the Dark Limited Edition
By KAWS
Located in Weesp, NL
production process. Measurements : H.38cm x W.17 x D. 13cm. In 1999 KAWS began to design and produce
Category
Early 2000s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Skateboard deck
By KAWS
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Extremely rare KAWS Skateboard deck from 1999 and very early into his career. It features his skull
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen, Board
SUPERMODEL 2
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 29.2 x 21 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size approx 34.5 x 27 inches. Fro...
Category
1990s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
STAR WARS BOBA FETT SCULPTURE , 2013
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
'MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' II
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
MBF: Man's Best Friend' X
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' VI
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
'MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' IV
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
'MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' V
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
'Man's Best Friend' VIII Silkscreen Print, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
'MBF: Man's Best Friend' I
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
, KAWS and commercialism have become inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, Astro Boy (2012)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
inextricably intertwined. In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
Untitled (Female Figure)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
1999 Offset lithograph in colors on paper Sheet: 14 1/5 x 10 1/5 in. Edition unknown Signed in
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
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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.
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Questions About KAWS
- What is a KAWS companion?1 AnswerIrena Orlov ArtMarch 1, 2021Kaws' Companion is a clown-like figure based on a Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024To 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 26, 2024What 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.