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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 recognized for his distinctive blend of street art and pop culture iconography.

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2010s Contemporary More Art

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KAWSseeing, 2022

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By KAWS

Located in New York, NY

Seeing, 2022 Signed and Numbered Bronze H 7 x W 2.8 x D 4.3 inches Edition 243 of 250

Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

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KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)
KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching Plush Keychain 2018 New in its original packaging.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Sculptures

Materials

Cotton

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush)
KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush)

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching 2018 New in its original packaging.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush)
KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush)

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching 2018 (KAWS Plush): New in original packaging accompanied by a numbered tag.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

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KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)
KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching 2018 (KAWS Plush): New in original packaging accompanied by a numbered tag.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)
KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)

KAWS Seeing/Watching (KAWS plush companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching 2018 (KAWS Plush): New in original packaging accompanied by a numbered tag.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)
KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching Plush Keychain 2018 New in its original packaging.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)
KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching Plush Keychain 2018 New in its original packaging.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)
KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

KAWS Seeing/Watching keychain (KAWS plush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Seeing/Watching Plush Keychain 2018 New in its original packaging.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art

Materials

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KAWS, Seeing
KAWS, Seeing

KAWSKAWS, Seeing, 2018

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H 14.57 in W 6.86 in D 7.33 in

KAWS, Seeing

By KAWS

Located in Miami, FL

KAWS Seeing Figure: 37 x 17.4 x 18.6 cm, 6 kg Pedestal: 17.8 x 10.2 x 20.3 cm, 4 kg Edition of 250 2018 KAWS is an American graffiti artist and designer known for his toys and paint...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, LED Light, Mixed Media

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Kaws Seeing For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate kaws seeing for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Street Art and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. On 1stDibs, the right kaws seeing is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray and purple. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in mixed media, ceramic and cotton. A large kaws seeing can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller kaws seeing, measuring 5.9 high and 1.5 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Kaws Seeing?

The price for a kaws seeing in our collection starts at $200 and tops out at $825 with the average selling for $495.

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 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.
  • Irena Orlov ArtMarch 1, 2021
    Kaws' Companion is a clown-like figure based on a Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes.