KAWS Sculptures
American
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.
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Artist: KAWS
KAWS TOGETHER Grey (KAWS grey together)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TOGETHER Companion 2018: A rare sealed/unopened example in excellent condition.
Medium: Vinyl Paint & Cast Resin.
10 x 8 inches.
New/sealed in its original packaging; packagi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Japan (KAWS plush)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Mount Fuji Plush: Complete Set of Three Works:
These sold out plush figures were produced in conjunction with KAWS’ widely popular, traveling art installati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Cotton
KAWS The Promise set of 2 works (KAWS Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS The Promise (set of 2 works):
A unique KAWS Companion set in the artist’s signature black & brown color-ways. KAWS The Promise features a blue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Changbai brown (KAWS holiday chanbgai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain (KAWS brown Changbai):
A beautifully composed KAWS COMPANION published to commemorate KAWS' larger-scale sculpture of same, at Changbai Mountain in Jil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS The Promise set of 2 works (KAWS Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS The Promise (set of 2 works):
A unique KAWS Companion set in the artist’s signature black & grey color ways. KAWS The Promise features a blue &...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS CHUM yellow (KAWS Chum Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM Companion 2022 (yellow):
Published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed KAWS’ Chum character; "I can remember clearly packing and shipping the first CHU...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS HOLIDAY Changbai white (KAWS white chanbgai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain (KAWS white Changbai):
A beautifully composed snowy-white KAWS COMPANION published to commemorate KAWS' larger-scale sculpture of same, at Changbai Mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday UK set of 2 works (KAWS United Kingdom)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom: Set of 2 works (KAWS UK):
KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. 2 individual works (blac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS × Due Leoni Olive Oil
By KAWS
Located in Manchester, GB
KAWS × Due Leoni Olive Oil
Limited edition of 500
15.5 x 9.8 x 4.2 mm
Agricola Due Leoni invited KAWS to create an olive oil edition -- a slow-food, care...
Category
2010s Contemporary KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Metal
KAWS UK Holiday Companion set of 2 works (KAWS United Kingdom)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom: Set of 2 works (KAWS UK):
KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. 2 individual works - eac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF:
A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. This brightly colored, highly collectible KAWS Companion was p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS WHAT PARTY white (KAWS white what party)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS WHAT PARTY Companion:
This KAWS Companion vinyl sculpture features KAWS' CHUM character in a hunched position. Published to commemorate the debut of KAWS’ larger scale sculptur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TIME OFF pink (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF Pink:
A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring a KAWS BFF Companion in a resting position. This brightly colored, highly collectib...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei)
This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a resting seated position. Published by All Rights Reserve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion black: set of 10 works (KAWS Black Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Companion 2017-2022:
A sharply curated set of 10 distinguished individual Black KAWS Companions new & unopened in original packaging. Dimensions as follows:
KAWS Gone 2019: 14....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion: set of 10 works (KAWS Brown Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Companion 2016-2021:
A sharply curated set of 10 distinguished individual Brown KAWS Companions new & unopened in original packaging. Dimensions as follows:
KAWS Clean Slate, 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
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 (applies to each).
SHARE: 12.4 x 6.3 inches.
TAKE: 13.4 x 6 inches.
Condition: New, unopened in original box; excellent condition (applies to each).
Each from a sold out edition of unknown. Stamped on the underside of each foot.
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KAWS uses two of his characters here to convey opposing human attitudes. In the sculpture TAKE, the BFF holds a child Companion defensively, pulling it back in a gesture of mistrust as if to prevent someone else from touching it; the child cowed looks to the ground, the fear is transferred. In SHARE, the Companion is secure and looks outward, holding but not attached to the toy in its hand. KAWS’ figures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS The Promise set of 2 works (KAWS Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS The Promise (set of 2 works):
A unique KAWS Companion set in the artist’s signature brown & grey color ways. KAWS The Promise features a blue &...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Halloween Set Of Four Skeleton Sculptures Bone Orange Green Orange Street
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
KAWS SKELETON 2021: complete set of 4 works:
A set of 4 neon printed KAWS designed skeletons published in 2021 to commemorate Halloween. Each accompanied by its KAWS illustrated coll...
Category
2010s Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Screen
HOLIDAY INDONESIA - ACCOMPLICE Figure (Black)
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS:HOLIDAY
KAWS:HOLIDAY INDONESIA - Figure (Black)
SPECIFICATION
• Material: Vinyl
• Dimension: L11.5 inches
• Certificated NFC chip of authenticity
For this tenth stop on the tou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Rubber, PVC, Paint
Limited Edition Historic 1st Companion Ever (Hand Signed and Dated '00 by KAWS)
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Historic Collectors item! RARELY found hand signed by the artist.
KAWS
Limited Edition 1st Companion (Hand Signed by KAWS), 1999
Painted Cast Vinyl (Hand Signed & Dated by KAWS)
7 3...
Category
1990s Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Resin, Plastic, Board, Offset
KAWS Passing Through Companion 2018 (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Grey Passing Through Companion 2018. New and sealed in its original packaging.
The most iconic of the KAWS Companions, this passing through piece was published by KAWS One, and has since sold out.
Medium: Painted vinyl cast resin figure.
Year: 2018.
Dimensions: 8 × 3.4 × 5 inches.
New, unopened in its original packaging.
From a sold out edition of unknown.
Stamped by artist on underside of both feet.
Safely packed and shipped from New York.
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’ art possesses a sophisticated humor and thoughtful critique of consumer products. His bold, high-minded graphic language revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy.
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Pink Bunny Rabbit Comes With NFC Chip Contemporary Street Art
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
Kaws: Holiday Edition Figure (Pink)
KAWS is one of the most popular and recognizable contemporary artists, whose reach extends far beyond the art world into the realms of fashion, m...
Category
2010s Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin
KAWS Holiday Singapore complete set of 3 works (KAWS Singapore companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Singapore (KAWS Singapore): complete set of 3 works:
A compete set of 3 KAWS Holiday Companions new in their original packaging. KAWS Sing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Brown Companions 2016: set of 2 (KAWS brown flayed companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Companions 2016 (Set of 2 works):
KAWS Brown Flayed & KAWS Brown full body - each, new and sealed in their original packaging. These iconic KAWS figura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SMALL LIE set of 2 works (KAWS Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SMALL LIE 2017: Set of 2 works. Each new and sealed in their original packaging. These KAWS figurative pieces are a rendition of Small Lie produced in collaboration with Qatar M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS HOLIDAY Changbai white (KAWS white chanbgai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain (KAWS Changbai white):
A beautifully composed snowy-white KAWS COMPANION published to commemorate KAWS' larger-scale sculptu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (brown KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS FAMILY 2021:
A well-received work and variation of KAWS' larger FAMILY sculpture - this highly collectible KAWS Companion set was published on the occasion of KAWS’ first large ...
Category
2010s Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS KACHAMUKKU (complete set of two works)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Kachamukku 2022: complete set of 2 works:
KAWS Kachamukku was born out of a unique collaboration between KAWS and the popular children’s Japanese ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Nylon
KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF Blue:
A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. This brightly colored, highl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Blush Companion 2016 (KAWS Flayed)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Blush Flayed Companion 2016: New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS TIME OFF (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF Black:
A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. This highly collectible KAW...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS HOLIDAY Changbai: set of 2 works (KAWS chanbgai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain: set of 2 works (Black & White Changbai):
A beautifully composed KAWS COMPANION set published to commemorate KAWS'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion 2016 (KAWS companion grey)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Grey Companion, 2016. New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. ThIs figurine has since sold out.
Medium: Painted Vinyl, Cast Resin
Year: 2016
Dimensions: 11 × 5 × 3 in (27.9 × 12.7 × 7.6 cm)
New, unopened; excellent condition.
Stamped on underside of feet; from a sold-out edition of unknown.
KAWS
Spanning the worlds of graffiti, pop art, and consumer culture, KAWS’ bodies of work are highly charged, each conveying his underlying wit, irreverence, and affection for our times. He has primarily looked to and appropriated from pop-culture animations (including The Smurfs, The Simpsons...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS FAMILY 2021:
A well-received work and variation of KAWS' larger FAMILY sculpture - this highly collectible KAWS Companion set was published on the occ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TIME OFF set of 3 works (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF (complete set of 3 works):
A highly decorative KAWS Companion set featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. These brightly colored, highly collectible KAWS Companion art toys were published ahead of the exhibition: KAWS: TIME OFF at Skarstedt gallery, Paris (2023) and offer a meditative & playful interpretation of time. Each presented new in original packaging.
Medium: Vinyl. Set of 3 individual works. Year: 2023.
Dimensions: 7 × 11 x 5.9 inches inches (applies to each individual work).
Each new and accompanied by original packaging. Never displayed.
Stamped on the underside (applies to each individual work). From a sold out 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TIME OFF set of 2 works (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF (set of 2 works):
A highly decorative KAWS Companion set featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. These bright...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS The Promise black (KAWS black Promise)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS The Promise (black):
A unique KAWS Companion featuring a blue & green globe being affectionately shared between parent & child. This timeless, hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion (KAWS holiday Hong Kong)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Hon Kong 'Holiday' Companion 2019:
This figurine was published by All Rights Reserved to commemorate the debut of a large scale KAWS floating figure in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour in 2019. New in its original packaging.
Medium: Vinyl art toy.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.5 inches.
New in original packaging; excellent condition (never displayed).
From a sold out edition of unknown.
Accompanied by publisher card with printed artist signature (image 4).
KAWS is a fine artist, illustrator, painter, sculptor, product designer, and toymaker. His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own, masterful acrylic paintings in the early 1990s.
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS CHUM set of 5 works (KAWS Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM Companion 2022: set of 5 works:
This complete set of 5 KAWS CHUM Companions, was published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed Chum character; "I can r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Stormtrooper Companion
By KAWS
Located in Central, HK
KAWS
Stormtrooper, 2008
Painted cast vinyl
9 4/5 × 4 1/2 × 3 in 24.8 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm
Edition of 500
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Darth Vader Companion
By KAWS
Located in Central, HK
KAWS
Painted cast vinyl
9 4/5 × 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in 24.8 × 11.4 × 8.9 cm
Edition of 500
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin
KAWS GONE set of 2 (KAWS Gone companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TIME OFF set of 2 works (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF (set of 2 works):
A highly decorative KAWS Companion set featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. These bright...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SEPARATED COMPANION: New & unopened in its original packaging:
This highly collectible black KAWS SEPARATED figure is derived from the Brooklyn based artist’s larger scale sculpture of same (originally constructed in 2019), and is a key highlight of the major 2021 KAWS Brooklyn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TIME OFF set of 2 works (KAWS Time Off companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TIME OFF (set of 2 works):
A highly decorative KAWS Companion set featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. These brightly colored, highly collectibl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS "What Party" Brooklyn Vinyl Figure Street Art Yellow 20th Anniversary
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Yellow
Artist: KAWS
Medium: Painted Rotocast Vinyl
Title: Chum Vinyl Figure Yellow
Portfolio: Chum Figures (20th Anniversary)
Edition: Open edition
Image Size: 11 1/2" × 7 3/4" × 3 1/2"
Signed: Stamped Signature
Each figure stands at 11.3 x 5.1 x 3.7 inches tall, and showcases the Chum character bent over...
Category
2010s Street Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl
KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS brown Separated Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SEPARATED COMPANION: New & unopened in its original packaging:
This highly collectible brown KAWS SEPARATED figure is derived from the Br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Passing Through Companion 2018 (KAWS brown passing through companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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, and has since sold out.
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TAKE Companion (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS TAKE (Black) new & unopened in its original packaging.
A standout KAWS Companion figure and variation of KAWS' large scale TAKE sculpture - a key highlight of the exhibition, '...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Small Lie Grey (KAWS grey companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SMALL LIE Grey:
Among KAWS’s signature “Companions,” Small Lie has the most childlike resonance. Clothed in overall shorts, the Pinocchio-insp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS blush)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Red Blush Companion. New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS COMPANION 2020 (KAWS brown 2020 companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 2020 Companion (Brown):
KAWS COMPANION 2020 was created by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his signature figure, Companion — and as cultura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary KAWS Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Gold Holiday SPACE Companion (KAWS space)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS:HOLIDAY SPACE (Gold), is a celebration of 20 years of the KAWS Companion. Using a sounding balloon, the KAWS:HOLIDAY SPACE was sent up 41.5km into the stratosphere before retuning to Earth. Reminiscent of KAWS’ MTV VMA Moonman trophy (2013), the sculpture features a derailed space suit complete with hoses, valves and more. A standout KAWS display piece constructed with a bright metallic mirrored feel and much heavier body than the artist’s vinyl pieces.
Medium: Polyurethane Figure. Year: 2020.
Dimensions: 11.5 inches in height.
New in original packaging; never displayed; excellent condition.
From a sold out edition of unknown.
Published by All Rights Reserved.
Accompanied by a COA from Lot 180 Gallery New York.
Artist Statement:
“So many projects have been cancelled this year. I wanted to create one that could be experienced safely from home,” says KAWS. “Because this year marks 20 years since I created COMPANION, I tried to find a way around all the restrictions and do something special. I felt so confined the past few months that creating a project like this has really given me a chance to escape.”
KAWS is a fine artist, illustrator, painter, sculptor, product designer, and toymaker. His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own, masterful acrylic paintings in the early 1990s.
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KAWS Holiday Companion (KAWS brown holiday companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 'Holiday' Companion Seoul:
This figurine was published by All Rights Reserved to commemorate the debut of a large scale KAWS floating figure for Seoul’s Seokchon Lake during summer 2018. New in its original packaging.
Medium: Vinyl figure.
Year: 2018.
Dimensions of figurine: 8.25 x 1.5 inches (can also be displayed in package, which measures 11 inches in height).
Unopened; excellent condition.
From a sold out/ out of print edition of unknown.
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Seokchon Lake, which is located in the South Korean capital's Songpa district, previously hosted the world-famous inflatable "Rubber Duck" on a tour of its waters in 2014.
"I just wanted to do a water piece," said KAWS, "I was just thinking about being on vacation, and when you just drift in a pool and stare upwards, and that's really the beginning of the work. I feel like, in these times, we need things to help us relax." (source: CNN)
KAWS is a fine artist, illustrator, painter, sculptor, product designer, and toymaker. His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own, masterful acrylic paintings in the early 1990s.
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Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Along The Way (Grey). New and unopened in its original box:
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KAWS Sesame Street box set (KAWS Sesame Street complete set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 3, 2024How KAWS makes his sculptures varies. The New Jersey-born artist Brian “KAWS” Donnelly works with a variety of materials, including fiberglass, wood and bronze. By mixing up his techniques and experimenting with different mediums, KAWS can incorporate various colors and textures into his sculptures, figures and toys, and continues to innovate his practice.
In 1999, KAWS partnered with Bounty Hunter, a Japanese toy and streetwear brand, to release his first toy. 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 (and counterfeiters have since taken notice).
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.
Find authentic KAWS art on 1stDibs. - What is a KAWS companion?1 AnswerIrena Orlov ArtMarch 1, 2021Kaws' Companion is a clown-like figure based on a Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes.
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- What is so special about KAWS?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024What is so special about KAWS is that the American artist creates imaginative pieces that appropriate pop phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants. He is particularly well known for his toys, including his debut figure, Companion, inspired by Mickey Mouse. He has also teamed up with streetwear brands like A Bathing Ape and Supreme and collaborated with designer Kim Jones on the Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2019 collection. Find a range of KAWS art on 1stDibs.
- What is KAWS famous for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024KAWS is famous for producing figures, toys, sculptures, drawings, paintings and prints that borrow from pop culture phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants. In 1999, he partnered with Bounty Hunter, a Japanese toy and streetwear brand, to release his first toy. Called Companion, it was an 8-inch-tall vinyl reimagining of Mickey Mouse, with a skull-and-crossbones head and XX eyes. Companion debuted with a limited run of 500 and sold out quickly. The piece was the first of more than 130 toy designs by KAWS, which came to include such characters as Chum, Blitz, Be@rbrick, BFF and Milo, each immediately recognizable as KAWS figures by their XX eyes. Explore a selection of KAWS art on 1stDibs.
- What does KAWS mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024The word KAWS means an American artist. Born Brian Donnelly, KAWS adopted the name when he was active as a graffiti artist in New Jersey and New York. In interviews, he has explained that KAWS has no particular meaning to him. He simply chose the name because he liked how the characters looked. He is most well known for his line of whimsical figures with double-X eyes. Explore a range of KAWS art on 1stDibs.
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- What is KAWS art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024KAWS art is the general term for works created by the American artist KAWS. He is best known for his more than 130 toy designs, which include such characters as Chum, Blitz, Be@rbrick, BFF and Milo, each immediately recognizable as his work by their XX eyes. In addition, KAWS produces sculptures, drawings, paintings and prints. On 1stDibs, shop a range of KAWS art.
- Who is the owner of KAWS?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 14, 2024There is no owner of KAWS. KAWS is not a company or a business; it is the name of artist Brian Donnelly. He got his start as a graffiti artist in New Jersey and used the tag KAWS to sign his work 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 culture phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants. Shop a variety of KAWS art on 1stDibs.
- Are KAWS limited edition?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, KAWS are always produced in limited edition runs. KAWS is a New York-based artist who designs limited edition toys and clothing. He is known for creating figurines that mix both high- and low-brow art. Widely popular with pop culture enthusiasts and collectors, KAWS art can only be found through select retailers. Find a range of KAWS art for sale on 1stDibs.
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- Who is the artist behind KAWS?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 25, 2024The artist behind KAWS is Brian Donnelly. As a kid in Jersey City, New Jersey, he got into graffiti art, using KAWS as his tag. Today, KAWS creates a diverse range of art and design objects. There are KAWS figures and toys, sculptures, colorful drawings, paintings and prints that appropriate pop phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants. On 1stDibs, shop a range of KAWS art.
- What does KAWS’s art mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024What KAWS’s art means is open to interpretation. 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. Companion is now the most visible of the KAWS posse, appearing over the past decade in new postures and combinations in monumental works. 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 explained in the catalogue for an exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in Texas. “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.” On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of KAWS art.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024The most popular KAWS art is a topic that is open to debate. However, his first-ever toy design is a favorite among collectors. Called COMPANION, it is an eight-inch-tall vinyl reimagining of Mickey Mouse with a skull-and-crossbones head and trademark XX eyes. COMPANION debuted with a limited run of 500 and sold out quickly. Find an assortment of KAWS figures on 1stDibs.
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