$3,424Sale Price|25% Off
KAWS x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure, 2011 The KAWS x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure stands about 21 cm tall, and the mostly white Joe Snoopy is donning a yellow t-shirt with "JOE...
Vinyl
Man's Best Friend II Signed Silkscreen Print, KAWS, 2016, Framed
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Untitled (Snoopy), Cutout Screen Print on Paper, Signed, 2020, Edition 19/25
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print cutout on Saunders Waterford 425gm HP Hi-White paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 10.5 x 8 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame si...
Paper, Screen
Man's Best Friend IV Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, 2016, Framed
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Man's Best Friend III Screen Print by KAWS, Signed, Framed, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Untitled (Running Snoopy), Cutout Screen Print on Paper, Signed, Ed. 14/25, 2020
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print cutout on Saunders Waterford 425gm HP Hi-White paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 9 x 10 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size...
Paper, Screen
Man's Best Friend IX Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2016, Framed, 35x23 in
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' VIII Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2016, Framed
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' X Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2016, Framed
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Man's Best Friend VI Silkscreen Print, Signed, Framed, 2016 Edition
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Man's Best Friend VII Silkscreen Print, Signed, Framed, 2016 Edition
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' V Silkscreen Print, Signed, 2016, Framed
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Man's Best Friend I Screen Print, Signed, Limited Edition, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
Snoopy (Untitled)
By KAWS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
KAWS UNTITLED (SNOOPY) Artist: KAWS Title: Untitled (Snoopy) Medium: Screenprint cutout Date: 2020 Edition of 25 Image Size: 9" x 10" Signature: Signed and numbered
Screen
KAWS print 2020 (KAWS snoopy print)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Snoopy Print 2020: This rare, highly collectible KAWS Snoopy print was released on the occasion of the monumental 2021 KAWS Brooklyn Museum exhibition, KAWS: WHAT PARTY.
Lithograph, Screen
Untitled (Snoopy)
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS UNTITLED (SNOOPY) Artist: KAWS Title: Untitled (Snoopy) Medium: Screenprint cutout Date: 2020 Edition: 18/25 Frame Size: 17" x 18" Sheet Size: 9" x 10" Signature: Signed and num...
Screen
Untitled (Snoopy)
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS UNTITLED (SNOOPY) Artist: KAWS Title: Untitled (Snoopy) Medium: Screenprint cutout Date: 2020 Edition: 6/25 Frame Size: 17" x 18" Image Size: 9" x 10" Signature: Signed and numb...
Screen
UNTITLED (RUNNING SNOOPY)
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print cutout on Saunders Waterford 425gm HP Hi-White paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 9 x 10 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size...
Paper, Screen
KAWS Man's Best Friend (KAWS hardcover book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
Kaws Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' X, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' VIII, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' IX, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' II, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' I, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
KAWS, 'MBF: Man's Best Friend' IV, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
'Man's Best Friend' VIII Silkscreen Print, 2016
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' VI
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
'MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' V
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
'MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' II
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
'MBF: 'Man's Best Friend' IV
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
MBF: Man's Best Friend' X
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
'MBF: Man's Best Friend' I
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In MBF, the beloved 'Snoopy' (KAWS playfully renamed him “Joe KAWS.”) and 'Charlie Brown' from the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz has been reimagined in sophisticated contem...
Screen
KAWS SNOOPY (Black Small)
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Has band collar around Snoopy neck the reads “KAWS X PEANUTS”. 100% Polyester outer shell and polyester inner filling.
Polyester
KAWS SNOOPY (Black Large)
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Has band collar around Snoopy neck the reads “KAWS X PEANUTS”. 100% Polyester outer shell and polyester inner filling.
Polyester
KAWS SNOOPY PLUSH (White Small)
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Has red band collar around Snoopy neck the reads “KAWS X PEANUTS”. 100% Polyester outer shell and polyester inner filling.
Polyester
KAWS SNOOPY PLUSH (White Large)
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Has red band collar around Snoopy neck the reads “KAWS X PEANUTS”. 100% Polyester outer shell and polyester inner filling.
Polyester
KAWS Snoopy Plush (Black Large)
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Has band collar around Snoopy neck the reads “KAWS X PEANUTS”. 100% Polyester outer shell and polyester inner filling.
Polyester
Snoopy (large - black) by KAWS
By KAWS
Located in Dubai, Dubai
21.70 in (55.1 cm) Sold in 'as new' condition. The item has never been used or displayed.
Polyester
KAWS Man's Best Friend (KAWS hardcover book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
KAWS Man's Best Friend (KAWS hardcover book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
Kaws Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
Kaws Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
KAWS Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
Kaws Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
Kaws Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
Kaws Man's Best Friend (Hardcover Book)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Snoopy. Street Art. Kaws prints.
Offset
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H 27.56 in W 27.56 in
Kaws, Hard Times, Snoopy, Kenny Random, 2017 Limited Edition of 15, Rare Print
Located in Draper, UT
Kaws Hard Times, Snoopy, 2017 Giclee print. Limited edition of 15. 70cm x 70 cm.
Giclée
KAWS COMPANION 2020 (KAWS grey 2020 companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 2020 Companion (Grey): KAWS COMPANION 2020 was created by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his signature figure, Companion — and as cultural commentary on a year we ...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Bus Stop 2002
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 'Bus Stop' 2002: Paying homage to KAWS’ early days as graffiti artist, the “Bus Stop” features a plastic bus stop and two KAWS toys on the platform. Features iconic KAWS heads, ...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS brown Taipei Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei): This figurine features KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a resting seated position. The piece was published by All Rights Reserved t...
Vinyl
$1,250
H 11.3 in W 5.1 in D 3.7 in
KAWS "What Party" Brooklyn Museum Sculpture Contemporary Street
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
KAWS WHAT PARTY (orange): KAWS orange WHAT PARTY Companion featuring KAWS' CHUM character in a hunched position. Published to commemorate the debut of KAWS’ larger scale sculptural v...
Vinyl
KAWS Japan Holiday Companion (KAWS brown Mount Fuji companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a resting position. This figurine was published by All R...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS HOLIDAY Japan (KAWS brown companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a resting position. This figurine was published by All R...
Resin, Vinyl
$120,000
H 34.75 in W 23 in
No Reply Portfolio, 10 Hand Signed Screen Print, Edition PP 3/5, 2015
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
No Reply Portfolio by KAWS. Screenprint on wove paper. Each of the 10 screen prints are hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition PP 3/5. (Printer's Proof edition ou...
Paper, Screen
$1,000
H 10.6 in W 5.2 in
Small Lie (Brown), Limited Edition Companion in original packaging with hologram
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS Small Lie (Brown), Limited Edition Companion, 2017 Vinyl and Paint. Stated limited edition, exact number unknown. Brand new in original packaging Among KAWS’s signature “Compani...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday UK (KAWS UK holiday black)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom Black (KAWS UK): KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. New in their original packaging - ...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS Brown Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Companion, 2016. New and sealed in its original packaging. This classic KAWS figurative sculpture was published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: ...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday UK Brown (KAWS United Kingdom)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom Brown (KAWS UK): KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. New in their original packaging - ...
Resin, Vinyl
$1,160Sale Price|29% Off
H 12.4 in W 6.3 in D 5.12 in
KAWS - Share Figure - Brown Version _Brand new collectible
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS SHARE (Brown version), new & unopened in its original packaging: KAWS SHARE first appeared in 'BLACKOUT' – the first London solo exhibition by KAWS (Skarstedt London 2019). In S...
Resin, Vinyl
$6,750
H 18 in W 11 in
KAWS Untitled Green Image From the Urge Series Signed Limited Screenprint
By KAWS
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: KAWS Title: Untitled Green Image from the Urge Series Medium: Limited Edition Screenprint Sheet Size: 18" x 11" Image Size: 11.25" x 8.5" Frame Size: 19.25" x 16.725" x 1.25"...
Paper, Screen
$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
KAWS VERY FIRST COMPANION - HISTORIC Uniquely Hand signed by the artist. (the regular edition was unsigned) KAWS Limited Edition 1st Companion (Hand Signed by KAWS), 1999 Painted Ca...
Resin, Mixed Media
Kaws Portrait, Kenny Random, Edition of 10, 2018
Located in Draper, UT
Kenny Random, Kaws Portrait, Edition of 10. Released in 2018. Dimensions of 70cm x 50 cm (27.5 in x 19.6 in) Hand Finished Unique Piece. Our Gallery takes pride in providing high q...
Digital
$1,880Sale Price|34% Off
H 14.25 in W 7 in D 7 in
KAWS Clean Slate Vinyl Figure, Grey Version, Pop Art, 2010s, Unsigned
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Clean Slate (Grey), new & unopened in its original packaging. Sold Out after the artist's retrospect exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Medium: Vinyl & Cast Res...
Resin, Vinyl
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
KAWS COMPANION 2020 (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 2020 Companion (Black): KAWS COMPANION 2020 was created by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his signature figure, Companion — and as cultural commentary on a year we...
Resin, Vinyl
Balloon Dog (Blue)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Balloon Dog (Blue) 2021. Porcelain with metallic chromatic coating Limited edition of 69/799 ex. Certificate of authenticity and the original box. Incised signature, edition number,...
Metal
$2,300 / item
H 20.5 in W 14 in D 67 in
HIFI Vinyl LP Storage Bench / Record Shelf Mid-Century Modern Walnut Pete Deeble
By Pete Deeble
Located in Long Beach, CA
This bench is the ideal solution to having records sitting all over your house and no place to sit. This is an original design, but with a strong influence of Mid Century Danish Mode...
Walnut
KAWS Tension Bearbrick 400% (KAWS Tension Be@rbrick)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Tension Bearbrick 400%: This much sought-after KAWS Tension Be@rbrick figure features the artist's signature "X"’s and bright lush colors synonymous with his more abstract works...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SHARE & KAWS TAKE (set of 2 KAWS companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SHARE (Grey) & KAWS TAKE (Pink): Set of 2 KAWS figurative sculptures, each new & unopened and accompanied by original packaging. Medium: Painted Vinyl Cast Resin (appl...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS The Promise: complete set of 3 works (KAWS Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS The Promise (complete set of 3 works): A unique KAWS Companion set in the artist’s signature brown, black & grey color ways. KAWS The Promise features a blue & green globe being...
Resin, Vinyl
90° Minuto Foosball Table by Teckell in Walnut
By Teckell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A subtle and elegant walnut structure highlights and supports this modern and essential foosball table, inviting the challenge of enjoying the game until its very last minute (90° Mi...
Crystal
$11,000
H 25.91 in W 39.3 in
Tan Tan Bo (2003) Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami, signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tan Tan Bo, 2003 by Takashi Murakami Offset lithograph in colors on Wove paper 25 7/10 × 39 3/10 in 65.8x99.8cm Edition 98/300 Tan Tan Bo is a "reincarnation of Mr. DOB as a monster...
Offset
$24,788Sale Price|20% Off
H 75 in W 15 in D 15 in
Chanel Petrol Pump Sculpture, Mixed Media, Pop Art, Life Size, 2010+
By Erik Salin
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original, life size mixed media sculpture. This colourful and exquisitely finished sculpture features the iconic Chanel logo on a life size petrol pump. This fantastic sculpture is...
Mixed Media
$165,000
H 25.25 in W 21 in D 0.13 in
Jacqueline au Bandeau de Face (Grand Tête de Femme)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Stunning and iconic portrait of Picasso's wife, Jacqueline Roque, signed in pencil by Picasso and numbered in pencil from the limited edition of 50.
Linocut
$31,488 / item
H 25.99 in W 94.49 in D 38.19 in
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Three-Seater Sofa by Cassina, Upholstered, Italy
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Three Seater Sofa Manufactured by Cassina SCULPTURAL ELEGANCE Geometric austerity encounters enveloping padding in this sofa designed by maestro Carlo Scarpa ...
Metal
$165,000
H 30 in W 221 in D 55 in
Georgis & Mirgorodsky, Libertine, Contemporary Sofa, United States, 2022
By Georgis & Mirgorodsky
Located in New York, NY
This monumental swoosh of a sofa includes two integral side tables and an ottoman. The ottoman can be flanked by two cocktail tables to create two seating groups. The fiberglass side...
Upholstery, Fiberglass
Atari Centipede Arcade Game, 1980 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'CENTIPEDE' arcade game from 1980. Made by Atari and designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg. In excellent working condition. Great alien and intergalactic visuals as well as cla...
Metal
$600 / item
H 15.6 in W 11 in D 4 in
Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks’s Donald Duck Vol. 1, 1942–1950 Limited Ed.
By Walt Disney, Carl Barks, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collector’s Edition of 1.000 numbered copies. Hardcover with an aluminum print cover tipped into a leatherette-bound spine, foil embossing, and housed in a slipcase, 11 x 15.6 in., 1...
Aluminum
$79,000
H 46 in W 46 in
Basquiat "Piano Lesson" Screenprint
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Basquiat, Jean Michel Title: Piano Lesson Series: Superhero Portfolio Date: 1982-1987/2022 Medium: Screenprint Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 40" Framed Dimensions: 46" x ...
Screen
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.
KAWS art toys have developed an avid audience in recent decades, and as in any robust collectible market, counterfeiters have followed the mania. Of course, you don’t have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where all our sellers are highly vetted.
From graffiti tagger to hypebeast obsession to auction hero — we chart the artist’s rise and his widening influence.