KAWS Original Fake 2003 Bape Gallery Exhibition Flyer, Yellow Character on Maroon, in Sleeve
KAWS Original Fake 2003 Bape Gallery Exhibition Flyer, Yellow Character on Maroon, in Sleeve
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Before the Monuments
A pocket-sized relic of the years when KAWS was still a Tokyo street-culture name. The character is already fully formed; only the scale is still to come.
Best for: KAWS collectors who value the early years and printed ephemera
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Described as in good order, kept in its clear sleeve. Not yet examined in hand.
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An original flyer for KAWS's 2003 solo exhibition Original Fake at Bape Gallery in Tokyo, printed in offset at 13.8 x 10.4 cm and kept in its clear sleeve with a green header card.
The Piece
The front shows a KAWS character in bright yellow against deep maroon, the familiar crossed-out eyes and rounded skull filling the card edge to edge, the body folding away below. The colour is flat and graphic, the line confident, the way KAWS drew in the years before his figures became monumental.
Bape Gallery was the exhibition space of A Bathing Ape, and the exchange between KAWS and the Tokyo streetwear scene was an important chapter of his early career. Flyers like this were made to be handed out; this one has survived in its original sleeve.
Details
- Artist: KAWS
- Occasion: Original Fake, solo exhibition at Bape Gallery, Tokyo
- Year: 2003
- Medium: Offset print on card
- Size: 13.8 x 10.4 cm (5.4 x 4.1 in)
- Edition: Printed ephemera, not editioned
- Signature: None; issued unsigned
- Presentation: Clear sleeve with green header card
- Condition: Described as in good order
Condition
- Described as in good order, kept in its clear sleeve.
- Paper ephemera of this age can show faint handling marks; the reverse carries printed text and is not pictured.
Condition grade A (excellent) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Described as an original printed flyer of the period; it is presented as printed ephemera, not as an edition or a signed work. Keep it flat, in an archival sleeve, away from sunlight.
Delivery from Japan
The flyer travels flat between rigid boards in a sealed sleeve, insured and tracked. 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.
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