KAWS - Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Friday, May 16, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Madrid, Galeria Javier Lopez, KAWS, February 18 - April 7, 2010

  • Literature

    I. Luna, KAWS, New York: Skira Rizzoli; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 2010, pp. 180-181 (illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    "I am who I am, and I’ve never said to myself that I would become a famous graffiti artist or a famous painter. I just painted on the outside and I’m doing it inside.”
    KAWS, 2010

  • 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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Night Time Office

2010
acrylic on canvas
84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm.)
Signed and dated "KAWS 10" on the reverse.
This work is alternately titled Through the Door.

Estimate
$180,000 - 220,000 

Sold for $209,000

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 16 May 2014 11am