KAWS (American, b. 1974). Presenting the Past, 2014. Screenprint in colors on Sanders Waterford paper. 32 x 32 inches (8...

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KAWS (American, b. 1974)
Presenting the Past, 2014
Screenprint in colors on Sanders Waterford paper
32 x 32 inches (81.3 x 81.3 cm) (sheet)
P.P. 4/9 (aside from an edition of 250 and 50 artist's proofs)
Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil along lower edge
Published by the artist

Presenting a buoyant first impression, this image is downbeat on second look. A chromatically disguised fragment of SpongeBob SquarePants' gap-toothed face displays distress, while a bright yellow cutout of Felix the Cat is gripped by a green serpent. The architecture seems to be closing in on the two characters. How will they escape?


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