KAWS - New Now: The Katayama Collection New York Tuesday, September 19, 2017 | Phillips

New Now: The Katayama Collection

New York Auction 19 September 2017

  • Provenance

    Medicom Toy, Original Fake
    Acquired from the above 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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Infant Print

signed, dated and numbered 32/50 in pencil, unframed
screenprint with diamond dust in colors, on heavy wove paper, with full margins
I. 12 x 9 1/4 in. (30.5 x 23.5 cm.)
S. 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 2006.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $15,000

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Rebekah Bowling
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New York
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New Now: The Katayama Collection

New York Auction 19 September 2017