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Eddie Martinez — Blockhead Blues

Eddie Martinez

Blockhead Blues

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KAWS

KAWS

Kenny Scharf

Kenny Scharf

Eddie Martinez

Eddie Martinez

Paul McCarthy

Paul McCarthy

Josh Reames

Josh Reames

Edgar Plans

Edgar Plans

Grear Patterson

Grear Patterson

Eddie Martinez — Blockhead Blues

Eddie Martinez

Blockhead Blues

KAWS — Three Works: RUNNING CHUM

KAWS

Three Works: RUNNING CHUM

KAWS — The Walk Home

KAWS

The Walk Home

Paul McCarthy — Popeye

Paul McCarthy

Popeye

Kenny Scharf — Yellogro

KAWS — In abstractly translating commercially cherished characters, or in directly imprinting them with his mark, KAWS creates his own distinct cartoon universe, filled with characters that are at once familiar, and arresting in their heightened portrayal of human emotion. This effect is uniquely evident in the present lot where the artist depicts the face of Charlie Brown in black and white. Describing his interest in the cartoon’s creator Charles M. Schulz, KAWS states “I’m into Schulz as an artist, a company, an icon; I got into his stuff just because I liked the looseness of the line work, and I thought that it was just sort of a nice thing to bring into my paintings” (KAWS, quoted in Steff Yotka, “Inside KAWS’s Studio With the Artist—And His Snoopy for Uniqlo Toys”,

KAWS — Four Foot Dissected Companion

KAWS — Grey Companion

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