KAWS - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Tuesday, February 9, 2016 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Honor Fraser, Los Angeles
    Private Collection

  • Exhibited

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), KAWS @ PAFA, 12 October-5 January 2014

  • 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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108

Untitled

2013
acrylic on canvas
96.5 x 81.2 cm (37 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Signed and dated 'KAWS 13' on the reverse.

Estimate
£60,000 - 80,000 

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
+ 44 20 7318 4061

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 10 February 2016 2pm