KAWS x Hajime Sorayama, NO FUTURE COMPANION (Black Chrome)
2008
signed and numbered 'KAWS..Sorayama 342/500' on a metal OriginalFake label on the underside
black chrome coated metal
31.5 x 21.2 x 19.6 cm. (12 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2008, this work is number 342 from an edition of 500 and is accompanied by its original cardboard box.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Asia
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited:
Hong Kong, AllRightsReserved, KAWS: Passing Through, 4 October – 24 December 2010 (another example exhibited)
Connecticut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, KAWS: Companion (Passing Through), 30 January - 5 June 2011 (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. 234, (another example illustrated)
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2008
signed and numbered 'KAWS..Sorayama 342/500' on a metal OriginalFake label on the underside
black chrome coated metal
31.5 x 21.2 x 19.6 cm. (12 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2008, this work is number 342 from an edition of 500 and is accompanied by its original cardboard box.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Asia
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited:
Hong Kong, AllRightsReserved, KAWS: Passing Through, 4 October – 24 December 2010 (another example exhibited)
Connecticut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, KAWS: Companion (Passing Through), 30 January - 5 June 2011 (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. 234, (another example illustrated)