KAWS - Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, Hong Kong Hong Kong Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Yuz Museum, Shanghai
    Private Collection
    Phillips, Hong Kong, 9 July 2020, lot 240
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    KAWS

    American • 1974

    To understand the work of KAWS is to understand his roots in the skateboard and graffiti crews of New York City. Brian Donnelly chose KAWS as his moniker to tag city streets beginning in the 1990s, and quickly became a celebrated standout in the scene. Having swapped spray paint for explorations in fine art spanning sculpture, painting and collage, KAWS has maintained a fascination with classic cartoons, including Garfield, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Simpsons, and reconfigured familiar subjects into a world of fantasy. 

    Perhaps he is most known for his larger-than-life fiberglass sculptures that supplant the body of Mickey Mouse onto KAWS' own imagined creatures, often with 'x'-ed out eyes or ultra-animated features. However, KAWS also works frequently in neon and vivid paint, adding animation and depth to contemporary paintings filled with approachable imagination. There is mass appeal to KAWS, who exhibits globally and most frequently in Asia, Europe and the United States.  

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ANKLE BRACELET

signed, numbered and dated 'AP 16/20 KAWS..17' lower right
silkscreen on paper
image 146.5 x 146.5 cm. (58 x 58 in.)
frame 150 x 150 cm. (59 x 59 in.)

Executed in 2017, this work is artist's proof number 16 from an edition of 50 plus 20 artist's proofs.

Estimate
HK$150,000 - 250,000 
€18,000-29,900
$19,200-32,100

Contact Specialist

Sophia Choi
Associate Specialist, Head of Online Sales
Modern & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
+852 2318 2093
sophiachoi@phillips.com
 

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, Hong Kong

23 April - 3 May 2024