KAWS, FIVE YEARS LATER COMPANION (Brown)

2004
stamped with the artist’s name, fabricator, date and location of manufacture '©KAWS..04 MEDICOM TOY 2004 CHINA' on the underside
painted cast vinyl
36 x 17 x 12 cm. (14 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Produced by MEDICOM TOY in 2004, this work is from a limited edition and is accompanied by its original box.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Hong Kong
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited:
Connecticut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, KAWS: Companion (Passing Through), 30 January - 5 June 2011 (another example exhibited)
Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art, KAWS: Downtime, 18 February – 20 May 2012 (another example exhibited)
Berlin, me Collectors Room Berlin, ART & TOYS: Collection Selim Varol, 26 May – 16 September 2012 (another example exhibited)
Toronto, Design Exchange, This is Not a Toy: Designer Toys as Contemporary Culture, 7 February – 25 May 2014 (another example exhibited)
Taipei, Whitestone, KAWS: Gallery Collection, 21 April – 20 May 2018 (another example exhibited)

Literature:
Monica Ramirez-Montagut, KAWS 1993-2010, New York, 2010, p. 233, (another example illustrated)