KAWS 2016 Canvas Tote A, Companion Carrying Smaller Figure, Printed Signature, Made in the UK
KAWS 2016 Canvas Tote A, Companion Carrying Smaller Figure, Printed Signature, Made in the UK
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Carried with Care
The Companion lifts a smaller figure close to its chest, one of KAWS's gentlest images. Printed large on cream canvas, it makes an everyday bag into a small piece of his world.
Best for: KAWS collectors and anyone who wants art they can carry every day
Condition notes
Described as new, opened once to check the contents. Not yet examined in hand.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 14 November 2026
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A natural canvas tote printed with KAWS's brown Companion cradling a smaller figure in its arms: tote A from 2016, made in the United Kingdom and carrying the artist's printed signature.
The Piece
KAWS, the New York artist Brian Donnelly, turned his Companion, a cartoon everyman with crossed-out eyes and gloved hands, into one of the most recognised figures in contemporary art. In his larger works the character often appears in moments of care or exhaustion, slumped, hiding its face, or holding someone close.
This tote carries that tender side. A plush-textured Companion in warm browns and greys stands upright, a smaller figure draped across its arms with its face pressed to the larger one's chest, the motif of the artist's sculpture Clean Slate. The image is printed large on the front panel of a sturdy cream canvas bag with long black webbing handles, so it reads clearly from across a room or on the shoulder.
The bag is described as bought at a sculpture museum in the United Kingdom in 2016, made in the United Kingdom, and new, opened once only to check the contents. The signature is printed, as the page states, not signed by hand.
Details
- Artist: KAWS
- Design: Tote A, Companion carrying a smaller figure
- Year: 2016
- Made in: United Kingdom
- Material: Cotton canvas, black webbing handles
- Size: 37 x 40 cm (14.6 x 15.7 in), as stated
- Signature: Printed signature
- Edition: Not a numbered edition
- Condition: New, opened once
Condition
- Described as new, opened once to check the contents.
- Kept in storage since purchase; no use noted.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as the KAWS tote the page describes, with a printed signature; we present that as given. Spot clean only with a damp cloth; do not machine wash, tumble dry or iron over the print.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with acid-free tissue and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. Browse what has just arrived, or read our guide to Japanese condition ranks before you choose.
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