KAWS -- Blame Game II
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS Blame Game II from the Blame Game portfolio,, 2014 Screen print on Saunders Waterford High
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2010s Prints and Multiples
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Kaws Blame Game
KAWSKAWS, Blame Game, 2014, Screen print, Printers proof edition of 5, 2014
$15,149
H 34.97 in W 23 in
KAWS, Blame Game, 2014, Screen print, Printers proof edition of 5
By KAWS
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Printers proof 2 of an edition of 5, aside from the main edition of 100 88.8 x 58.4 cm (34.9 x 23 in) Framed: 101 x 70.5 cm with Acrylic Signed and dated on the front Ar...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
KAWSBlame Game Portfolio Screen Print by KAWS, Contemporary, Signed, Edition of 100, 2014
$180,000
H 35 in W 23 in
Blame Game Portfolio Screen Print by KAWS, Contemporary, Signed, Edition of 100
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS Blame Game The complete set of 10 screenprints in colors, 2014, each signed and dated in
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Blame Game II Screen Print by KAWS, Contemporary, Framed, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' II by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game III Screen Print by KAWS, Contemporary, Framed, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' III by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game IX Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
seller for more details. The ‘Blame Game' IX by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
Blame Game X Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
seller for more details. The ‘Blame Game' X by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
Blame Game VIII Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' VIII by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
Blame Game VI Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' VI by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
Blame Game IV Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' IV by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
Blame Game VII Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' VII by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
Blame Game V Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Limited Edition, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' V by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
KAWSBlame Game I Screen Print by KAWS, Contemporary, Signed, 2014, Framed, 2014
$22,500
H 35 in W 23 in
Blame Game I Screen Print by KAWS, Contemporary, Signed, 2014, Framed
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' I by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWSBlame Game III Silkscreen Print, Pop Art, Signed, Edition 30/100, 2014
$30,000
H 39 in W 27 in D 1 in
Blame Game III Silkscreen Print, Pop Art, Signed, Edition 30/100
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' series by KAWS is an exceptionally rare collection of prints, with a total of ten
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Recent Sales
Blame Game
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
2014 The complete set of ten color screenprints on Saunders Waterford High White paper, with the title page and original cloth-covered portfolio case with embossed artist’s name and ...
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
The Blame Game 9
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS The Blame Game 9, 2014 Screenprint 35 x 23 inches Edition of 100
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' II, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game II' by KAWS is an exceptionally rare silkscreen print, one of the ten in the
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' II, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game II' by KAWS is an exceptionally rare silkscreen print, one of the ten in the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' III, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' III by KAWS is an exceptionally rare silkscreen print, one of the ten in the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' IV, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game IV' by KAWS is an exceptionally rare silkscreen print, one of the ten in the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' I, 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' I by KAWS is an exceptionally rare screenprint, one of the ten in the portfolio
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
KAWS, 'Blame Game' Complete Portfolio (Set of 10), 2014
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Blame Game' Portfolio by KAWS is an exceptionally rare set of ten silkscreen prints, created
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 4
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Blame Game Print No. 3 Artist: KAWS Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410gsm High
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Blame Game No. 3
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Blame Game Print No. 3 Artist: KAWS Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410gsm High
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Blame Game No. 1
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Blame Game Print No. 1 Artist: KAWS Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410 gsm High
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2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
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Screen
Blame Game No. 3
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Blame Game Print No. 3 Artist: KAWS Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410gsm High
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Blame Game Plate 1
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Blame Game Print No. 1 Artist: KAWS Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410 gsm High
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2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 4
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS BLAME GAME PRINT NO. 4 Artist: KAWS Title: No. 4 Portfolio: 2014 Blame Game Medium
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2010s Street Art Animal Prints
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Screen
Blame Game Portfolio
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: KAWS Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 425gm Hi-White paper Title: Blame Game
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2010s Portrait Prints
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Screen
Blame Game No. 5
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: PP 2/5 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
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2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 7
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: PP 2/5 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 8
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: PP 2/5 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 6
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: KAWS Title: No. 6 Portfolio: Blame Game Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410gsm
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 9
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: PP 2/5 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 10
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: PP 2/5 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 4
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: PP 2/5 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game No. 2
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: KAWS Title: No. 2 Portfolio: Blame Game Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Waterford 410gsm
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2010s Portrait Prints
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Screen
Blame Game Print No. 5
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: AP Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 8
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 87/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 7
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 37/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
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2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
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Screen
Blame Game Print No. 2
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 87/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
2010s Portrait Prints
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Screen
Blame Game Print No. 6
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 87/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 10
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: AP Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 8
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
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2010s Post-Modern More Prints
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Screen
Blame Game Print No. 10
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 9
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 91/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
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2010s Post-Modern More Prints
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Screen
Blame Game Print No. 2
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 91/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 4
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 91/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 6
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 91/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 9
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 87/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game Print No. 1
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Portfolio: Blame Game Year: 2014 Edition: 91/100 Sheet Size: 35" x 23" Signed: Signed and numbered on lower
Category
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blame Game
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
2014 The complete set of 10 screenprints in colors Sheet: 34 7/8 x 22 7/8 inches, each Edition of 100 Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil Contained in original portfolio box
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints
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Screen
The Blame Game 9
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS The Blame Game 9, 2014 Screenprint 35 x 23 inches Edition of 100
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Screen
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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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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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Questions About KAWS
- 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.
- 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 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.
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