Lot 180 Gallery Art

KAWS The Promise (grey): A unique KAWS Companion featuring a blue & green globe being affectionately shared between parent & child. This timeless, highly collectible KAWS art toy was...

KAWS TIME OFF Blue: A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. This brightly colored, highly collectible KAWS Companion ...

Yoshitomo Nara Skateboard Deck: This Nara skate deck was created in 2017 as a result of the collaboration between Yoshitomo Nara & MoMa New York. The deck features a rendition of Nara’s work, ‘Solid Fist' & makes for standout Yoshitomo Nara wall-art that hangs with ease. Medium: Screen print on maple wood skate decks. Dimensions: 31 x 8 inches. Housed in original shrink wrapping. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Published by MoMa New York. Artist stamp lower front side. Influenced by elements of popular culture such as anime, manga, Walt Disney cartoons, and punk rock, Yoshitomo Nara creates paintings, sculptures, and drawings of adorable-yet-sinister childlike characters. Painted with simple bold lines, primary colors, and set against empty backgrounds, these small children and animals often share the canvas with text, knives, plants, and cardboard boxes, among other recurring elements. As one of the fathers and central figures of the Japanese neo-Pop movement, Nara’s work expresses the struggle to find an identity fractured by war, rapid modernization, and an omnipresent visual culture. Related Categories: Pop Art, Tokyo Artists, Comic/Cartoon, Japan, Contemporary Pop, Popular Culture, Contemporary Asian...

KAWS Passing Through Companion 2018. New and sealed in its original packaging. The most iconic of KAWS Companions, this Passing Through figure was published by KAWS One Medium: Vinyl Paint, Cast Resin. Year: 2018. Dimensions: 8 × 3.4 inches. New, unopened and in its original packaging. Stamped on the underside of foot from a sold edition of unknown. KAWS is an American graffiti artist and designer known for his toys, paintings, and prints. Born Brian Donnelly on November 4, 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and went on to work in animation. “When your whole art is based on the lettering you choose, you kinda figure out what ones work together. I just liked the shapes of the k, a, w, s,” he explained of his moniker. Having started as a graffiti artist in New York in the early 1990s, KAWS began reworking advertisements in his distinctive style. Pop Art and culture permeate his cartoonish Companion series of figurines, which bear a resemblance to the works of Takashi Murakami. KAWS worked together with Nike in 2017 to produce an Air Jordan 4...

KAWS GONE (Brown), new & unopened in its original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale GONE sculpture - a key highlight of KAWS’ recent exhibition, 'KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness...

KAWS TAKE: Complete set of 3 KAWS TAKE Companions new & unopened in original packaging. A well-received KAWS figurative piece & variation of KAWS' large scale ...

Raymond Pettibon & Marcel Dzama artist book 2016 featuring collaborative Hand Drawing: Featuring an original signed collaborative drawing by the duo on the back cover of this limited...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Catalogue Raisonne, Galerie Navarra, 2010 (Sealed): This is the most up to date edition of the rare, highly sought after Jean-Michel Basquiat catalogue raisonné ...

KAWS Brown Along The Way Companion. New and unopened in its original box. The KAWS Along The Way figurine is a rendition of the artist's 2013 eighteen-foot wood sculpture originally ...

Keith Haring (untitled) 1989 drawing: This original 1980s Keith Haring drawing was executed by the artist on the occasion of Art Cologne Germany 1989. The w...

Yayoi Kusama Driving Image Show: An impossibly rare 1960s Kusama exhibition poster/brochure, published on the occasion of: Yayoi Kusama at Galleria del Naviglio Milan: Jan. 26-Feb. ...

Basquiat Record Art 1983/2001: 2001 2nd pressing released in limited quantity. Beat-Bop, is a 10-minute track synthesizing various instruments and rhyming patterns, for which Basqui...

Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks: set of 2 works: A vibrant, highly decorative Takashi Murakami skateboard set produced as a limited series in conjunction with the 2017 Mura...

Richard Hambleton Drawings 2016: Set of 3 unique, individual hand-signed drawings originally obtained directly from Hambleton; framed as a triptych. Medium: Black Marker on found bo...

Roy Lichtenstein Real Estate (Inscribed letterhead): A rare hand-signed Roy Lichtenstein Real Estate letterhead circa 1969. Offset print...

KAWS GONE: set of 2 (Black & Brown), new & unopened in original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale GONE sculpture - a key highlight of KAWS’ recent exhibition, 'KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness...

Andy Warhol Bodley Gallery 1957: A rare, 1950s gallery announcement offset illustrated by Andy Warhol on the occasion of: Andy Warhol Golden Pictures: December 2 - December 24, 1957: The Bodley Gallery 223 East 60th St., New York, NY. A scarce, historical Andy Warhol Pre-Pop illustration; highly collectible. Medium: Double-sided offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, before folding. Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (32.4 x 49.5 cm) Good overall vintage condition. Minor signs of aging & handling. Well-preserved. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Warhol Foundation annotations in pencil on one side. Provenance: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York. Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York. Private Collection, New York. Literature: Kornbluth: Pre-Pop Warhol, no. 66, pp. 164-165. Further background: Warhol’s career began as a commercial illustrator on New York’s Madison Avenue in 1949, during the massive post-war economic boom. His arrival additionally coincided with an extensive change in the motivations and strategies behind advertising, utilizing applied psychology to influence American consumers to purchase products. This stint as an ad man would further his Pop interest in cultural commercialization and start his artistic career; thus began the first chapter of Warhol’s oeuvre. Several of Andy Warhol's earliest exhibitions in New York were at the Bodley during the 1950s, starting with two in 1956. _ Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories 1950s Andy Warhol. Vintage Andy Warhol. Mid century modern. Pop Art. Andy Warhol advertising...

Andy Warhol Studies for a Boy Book 1956: A rare sought-after, 1950s Andy Warhol designed poster invitation published on the occasion of: Warhol's 'Studies for a Boy Book', held at the Bodley Gallery and Bookshop Feb. 14 - March 3, 1956. A rare early Warhol collectible that seldom comes to market. Not to be passed upon. Medium: Offset lithograph on wove paper. Framed in glass. Dimensions: 15.75 x 13.5 inches (40 x 34.3 cm). Framed dimensions: 24h x 26w inches. Good overall vintage condition; fold-lines as originally issued; Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare. With the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Authorization ink-stamps on the reverse; initialed 'T.J.H.' by Timothy J. Hunt of the Andy Warhol Foundation and annotated 'XX-07.16' and 'PM19.0242' in pencil on the reverse. Provenance: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Further Background: "In the 1950's Warhol self-published a large series of artist’s books & hold parties at Serendipity 3, a restaurant and ice cream parlor on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where his friends would help him hand color his books. In 1956, he presented a solo exhibition at the Bodley Gallery called Studies for a Boy Book. These sketchbook drawings of portraits of young men and erotic portrayals of male nudes contrasted with the work of other contemporary gay artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, who considered Warhol 'too swish.' (source: The Andy Warhol Museum) Collections: The Art Institute of Chicago Further background: Warhol’s career began as a commercial illustrator on New York’s Madison Avenue in 1949, during the massive post-war economic boom. His arrival additionally coincided with an extensive change in the motivations and strategies behind advertising, utilizing applied psychology to influence American consumers to purchase products. This stint as an ad man would further his Pop interest in cultural commercialization and start his artistic career; thus began the first chapter of Warhol’s oeuvre, dominated by charming and light-handed ink drawings. As a master of line and contour, Warhol’s consistent and unique drawings and designs piqued the interest of his clients, earning him commissions and collaborations with some of the biggest brands of the day: Tiffany & Co., Columbia Records, and Vogue, to name a few. Though stylistically different from the Pop, these early drawings offer a glimpse at an artist well on his way to establishing an art movement that would change the way the world conceived of contemporary art and its connection to pop culture, morphing from his early successes in the commercial art scene. The simple yet sophisticated line drawings contain... his favorite things: cherubs, shoes, cats, and often young men. Across these drawings and hand-colored prints, we see Warhol as a compulsive creator, documenting life and fantasy with the stark clarity of ink on paper." (source: Phillips) _ Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories 1950s Andy Warhol. Vintage Andy Warhol. Mid century modern. Pop Art. Andy Warhol advertising...

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art: a set of 40 works (1955-1987): A rare collection of 40 individual Andy Warhol illustrated record covers accompanied by their respective vinyl records. Mo...

Andy Warhol The Souper Dress c. 1965-1967: Inspired by Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, this dress was sold by the Campbell’s Soup Company in the late 19...

Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls / Andy Warhol Filmmakers' Cinemateque: Rare 1966 flyer published on the occasion of 2 screenings of Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls at Filmmakers' Cinemateque...

Andy Warhol Memorial Mass St. Patricks Cathedral, April 1, 1987, New York, NY (Andy Warhol death 1987): A set of 3 rare, historic cards announcing...

Andy Warhol Dies! Set of four complete 1987 New York newspapers announcing Warhol's death. A rare, highly sought-after series that would look unique framed together as a collage. An ...

Takashi Murakami Skateboard Decks: Set of 2 works: 2015-2017: Takashi Murakami Skulls Skateboard Deck 2015: this highly collectible limited edition Mu...

Kenny Scharf 2004: A rare mixed media piece by the legendary Los Angeles based artist. Hand-signed, dated and numbered by Scharf. Medium: mixed media mono-print. Dimensions: 22½ ...

KAWS SHARE (Black), new & unopened in its original packaging: KAWS SHARE first appeared in 'BLACKOUT' – the first London solo exhibition by KAWS (Skarstedt London 2019). In SHARE, ...

Mr. Brainwash Spiderman Spray paint Can/Mr. Brainwash x Marvel: This much decorative limited edition Mr. Brainwash Spiderman spray paint can was born out of the artist’s 2019 collabo...

Jean-Michel Basquiat La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985: Rare vintage original 1980s exhibition program published on the occasion of: ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat Parameters’ La ...

Signed Keith Haring poster 1985: A highly collectible hand-signed 1985 Keith Haring exhibition poster published on the occasion of: Keith Haring Painting...

Kenny Scharf book drawing 1998: 1990's Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf exhibition catalogue featuring a signed & inscribed Kenny Scharf drawing. Further background: ...

Debbie Harry & Duncan Hannah on the set of 'Unmade Beds' 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. This vintage original photograph was captured on the set of "Unm...

Keith Haring Mickey Mouse Skateboard Deck: Standout Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring lush, vibrant, fun colors & classic early 1980s Keith Haring Mickey Mouse imagery. A brilliant piece of Haring wall-art that hangs with ease. This work originated from the sold out collaboration between Diamond Supply and the Keith Haring Foundation. The deck is housed in its original shrink-wrap and bares the copyright of the Haring foundation on the reverse. Medium: Maple wood skateboard deck. 2021. Approximate Dimensions: 8.0 x 31 inches (20.5 x 79 cm). In original shrink wrapping; excellent overall condition. Estate trademark & Haring printed signature on the reverse. From sold out/out of print edition of unknown. Keith Haring rose to prominence in 1980s New York within the East Village art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Jenny Holzer. He bridged the gap between the art world and the street, graffiting city subways and sidewalks before committing to a studio practice. Haring united the appeal of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists such as Jean DuBuffet as he developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic that comprised energetic, boldly outlined figures against solid or patterned backdrops. His major themes included exploitation, subjugation, drug abuse, and the threat of nuclear holocaust; Haring boldly engaged with social issues, especially after receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 1987. Today, his work sells for seven figures at auction and has been the subject of solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, among other institutions. Related Categories Pop Art. Graffiti. Street art. skate art...

Andre Heller "Luna Luna Karussell: A Poetic Extravaganza!" Exhibition catalog Published by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1987 The rare original 1987 Luna Luna by Andre Heller catalo...

Be@rbrick x Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat 1000% Figures: Set of two works: Unique, highly decorative (standing 27 in height) Basquiat statue figures trademarked & licensed by the Es...

KAWS TAKE (Blue) new & unopened in its original packaging. A standout KAWS figurative sculpture and variation of KAWS' large scale TAKE sculpture - a key highlight of the exhibition...

Keith Haring coloring book 1986: A highly collectible 1980’s coloring book illustrated by Keith Haring and sold at his Pop Shop throughout the mid/late 1980’s. This unique, playful ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat 'Food for the Soup Kitchens' Fashion Moda, New York 1983: Basquiat illustrated this rare, highly sought-after exhibit poster for the “Food for the Soup Kitchens...

Hebru Brantley Beyond the Beyond, 2018. Set of 2 Hebru Brantley Flyboy’s, each new in original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions (applies to each individual figure): 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). Each new in its original packaging. From a sold out edition of unknown; published by Hebru Brantley, Billionaire Boys Club & BAIT. Safely packed and shipped from New York, NY. Artist Statement: "Flyboy came out of characters of colour within popular culture. I hate saying “popular culture,” but it’s really popular culture. I mean you look at cartoons. You’ve got animated sponges and ducks and birds and whatever, and it’s very rare to see a popular character within any medium that is African-American, Latino, even Asian. What I wanted to do was create that, but in a space of high art and be able to have some historical context to that character. So I looked at the Tuskegee Airmen...

Keith Haring 1983: A rare hand signed Keith Haring 1983 exhibition poster published on the occasion of: ‘Art of Found Objects’, Gallery Schlesinger-B...

Jean-Michel Basquiat 1000% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure: A nicely sized (27 inch), highly collectible Bearbrick Basquiat statue piece, trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel ...

KAWS WHAT PARTY Black: This KAWS Companion vinyl sculpture features KAWS' signature CHUM character in a sloping position. Published to commemora...

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...

KAWS SEPARATED (Complete Set of 3 Works): each new & unopened in original packaging: This highly collectible KAWS SEPARATED set is derived from the Broo...

Yayoi Kusama Set of 2 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black & Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the universal polka...

Jean Michel Basquiat: Paintings: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1985: Rare sought-after Basquiat exhibition catalog from 1985 published by Akira Ikeda Galler...

KAWS GONE: Set of 2 (Grey & Brown), new & unopened in their original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale GONE sculpture - a ...

KAWS BFF Blue & Pink (set of 2), each new, unopened in original packaging. KAWS BFF is a well-received work and variation of KAWS' large-scale sculpture in Los Angeles's Playa Vista neighborhood. Medium: Vinyl Paint, Cast Resin. Published by Medicom Japan. 2017. 13 x 5.7 x 3.25 inches (applies to each individual). Unopened; excellent condition. From a sold out un-numbered edition. New and sealed in their original packaging. Shipped securely from New York, NY. A leading artist of his generation, Brooklyn-based KAWS engages audiences beyond the museums and galleries in which he regularly exhibits. KAWS is perhaps best known for his iconic character, Companion, which is featured in key paintings, sculptures, products, and toy figures...

KAWS Blue BFF Companion (vinyl), new in its original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale BFF sculpture in Los Angeles's Playa...

Takashi Murakami Flowers Skateboard Decks (set of 2 works): The black & white deck marks a collaboration between Takashi Murakami and his friend, the rising Japanese artist 'Madsaki' (bio below). The impression is an urban twist on Takashi Murakami’s otherwise highly polished flowers motif - a beautiful juxtaposition between two very different styles from two masters of their craft. This limited work was published by Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki Gallery Japan in 2017. The blue was published circa 2017 in conjunction with the Murakami exhibit: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, MCA Chicago. A brilliant set that makes for vibrant, one of a kind wall-art that hangs with ease. Medium: Silkscreen on 2 individual Maple Wood skateboard decks. Crisp colors. Dimensions: 8.0 x 31 inches (20.5 x 79 cm) Condition: each housed in its original packaging; excellent overall condition. Each from a sold out limited edition of unknown; stamped by the artist on the reverse of each. Perhaps Murakami's most iconic motif, these candy-colored, smiling flowers came into the artist's work when he was preparing for his entrance exams for the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, and he embraced the form over nine years teaching prep-school students to draw flowers. One of the most acclaimed artists to emerge from postwar Asia, Takashi Murakami—“the Warhol of Japan”—is known for his contemporary Pop synthesis of fine art and popular culture, particularly his use of a boldly graphic and colorful anime and manga cartoon style. MADSAKI (b. Japan 1974) Joining Murakami has led to a rapid evolution of Madsaki. Now with three Kaikai exhibitions under his belt––Hickory Dickory Dock; Here Today, Gone Tomorrow; and MADSAKI Says “Yo! snipe1 & UFO907, Get Your Asses Over Here!” Madsaki has made a firm imprint on the Murakami canon. In his introduction to Madsaki’s second solo exhibit, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow from 2017, Murakami jokingly points out how his direction and guidance successfully shaped Madsaki’s work. While the debt Madsaki owes to Murakami is patently clear, in an abrupt turnabout it appears that the apprentice guides the master in some ways as well...

KAWS WHAT PARTY: Set of 2 works: These KAWS Companion vinyl sculptures feature KAWS' signature CHUM character in a hunched position. Published to commemorate the debut of KAWS’ large...

Hebru Brantley Calling All Cars rug (Hebru Brantley Blk Man): Hebru Brantley's brilliant take on Batman beautifully executed as a well-sized, aesthetically pleasing rug art piece, su...

Hebru Brantley (Hebru Brantley art toy), 2017. New in its original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). New and sealed in i...

Rare Out of Print Keith Haring Skateboard Deck featuring the artist's iconic Boom Box men. This highly decorative Keith Haring skate deck originated circa 2012 as a result of the co...

Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins ceramic & plush (set of 4 works) : Yellow and Black, Red & White An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures & plushes feat...

Keith Haring Pop Shop 1989: Rare Keith Haring illustrated 20 month calendar designed by Haring just months before his passing in February, 1990. The calendar was sold in 1989/90 at H...

Hebru Brantley Art Toy collection: 2018/2022. Set of 4: Hebru Brantley art toys, each new in original packaging: Composed of three 2017 Hebru Brantley Flyboy's & one Hebru Brantley F...

Keith Haring handwritten letter 1989: A rare 1989 handwritten letter by Keith Haring executed on the artist's personal stationary. An endearing personal response by Haring to a young...

Set of 3 Takashi Murakami Skateboard Decks 2018: A standout triptych of Takashi Murakami skate decks produced as a limited series. A brilliant...

Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat Bearbrick Figure: (1000%): A unique, timeless & well-sized Warhol Basquiat statue figure (27 in heigh), trademarked & licensed by the Estates of Jea...

Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%); A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat & And...