KAWS, PINOCCHIO & JIMINY CRICKET

2010
PINOCCHIO: stamped with the artist’s name, fabricator, date and location of manufacture, and collaborator copyright 'MEDICOM TOY 2010 CHINA ©Disney KAWS..' on the underside
JIMINY CRICKET: stamped with the artist’s name, fabricator, and collaborator copyright '©Disney MEDICOM TOY KAWS..' on the underside
painted cast vinyl
PINOCCHIO: 25 x 12.5 x 13.5 cm. (9 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
JIMINY CRICKET: 5.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm. (2 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Produced by MEDICOM TOY and OriginalFake in 2010, this work is from a limited edition and is accompanied by its original box.

Provenance:
ToyQube, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited:
Hong Kong, AllRightsReserved, KAWS: PASSING THROUGH, 4 October – 24 December 2010 (another example exhibited)
Ridgefield, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, KAWS, 27 June 2010 – 2 January 2011 (another example exhibited)
Atlanta, 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)

Literature:
Monica Ramirez-Montagut, KAWS 1993-2010, New York, 2010, p. 237 (another example illustrated)
John Wee Tom, Sara Nicholson, Douglas Copeland and Pharell Williams, This is Not a Toy: Designer Toys as Contemporary Culture, Toronto, 2014, p.109 (another example illustrated)