KAWS 2016 Exhibition Poster B, Wooden Companion in Parkland, A1 Offset Print, Unframed
KAWS 2016 Exhibition Poster B, Wooden Companion in Parkland, A1 Offset Print, Unframed
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A Giant, Lost in Thought
KAWS's Companion, grown huge and carved in wood, bows its head in an English park. The poster captures the strange tenderness of his outdoor sculptures.
Best for: KAWS collectors and admirers of contemporary sculpture
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Described as new, opened once to check the contents, kept flat and unframed.
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A towering wooden Companion stands head bowed on a lawn, ancient trees and a soft grey sky behind him: an exhibition poster from KAWS in 2016, printed at A1.
The Piece
KAWS, the name of the New York artist Brian Donnelly, built his Companion from the language of cartoons and graffiti: crossed-out eyes, rounded ears, gloved hands. In his large outdoor sculptures the figure grows to the size of a building and changes mood completely, here carved in warm, grained wood and standing with its head dropped as if lost in thought.
The photograph sets the sculpture in rolling English parkland, which makes the scale and the melancholy of the figure all the more striking. The sheet carries the KAWS name and the YSP mark at lower left. It is described as bought at a sculpture museum in the United Kingdom, which suggests the 2016 exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The poster is unsigned and not editioned, as the description states. It is described as new, opened once to check the contents, and kept unframed since.
Details
- Artist: KAWS
- Title: Exhibition poster B
- Year: 2016
- Medium: Offset print
- Edition: None
- Signature: Unsigned
- Sheet: A1, 84 x 59.4 cm (33.1 x 23.4 in)
- Frame: Unframed
- Condition: New, opened once
Condition
- Described as new, opened once to check the contents.
- Kept flat as a sheet since purchase.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
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Details are given as the description states them. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing with acid-free mounts, and hang away from sun and damp.
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