KAWS - 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Phillips

20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon...

New York Auction 13 November 2019

  • Provenance

    Medicom Toy, OriginalFake
    Masamichi Katayama, Tokyo
    New Now: The Katayama Collection, Phillips, New York, September 19, 2017, lot 1
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, The Encyclopedia of Masamichi Katayama "Life is hard... Let's go shopping.", April 8 - June 25, 2017, no. 103, pp. 97, 245 (illustrated, p. 96)

  • 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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FOUR FOOT COMPANION (GREY)

stamped with the artist's fabricator and date "MEDICOM TOY 2007" on the underside of the figure's left foot; stamped with the artist's name and date "© KAWS..07" on the underside of the figure's right foot
painted cast vinyl
50 x 22 x 14 in. (127 x 55.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 2007, this work is from an unnumbered edition of 100.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $118,750

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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019