TENSION
The complete set of 10 screen-prints in colors
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Saunders Waterford High White paper
Year: 2019
Sheet: 35×23 inches (88.9 x 58.4 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil
TENSION #1
TENSION #2
TENSION #3
TENSION #4
TENSION #5
TENSION #6
TENSION #7
TENSION #8
TENSION #9
TENSION #10
Auction Results
1. Single Prints
LA Modern: 28 August 2024
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 5,160
KAWS (b.1974)
Tension, 2019
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘81/100 KAWS 19’
LA Modern: 15 May 2024
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 5,805
KAWS (Brian Donnelly) (b.1974)
Tension No. 10, 2019
Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘81/100 Kaws 19’
LA Modern: 15 December 2022
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 8,125
KAWS (b.1974)
Tension No. 8, 2019
Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘81/100 KAWS 19’
Rago: 12 October 2022
Estimated: USD 9,000 – 12,000
USD 9,375
KAWS (b.1974)
Tension No. 4, 2019
Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘81/100 KAWS 19’
Christie’s New-York: 21 July 2022
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 9,450
KAWS (B. 1974)
TENSION: one print, 2019
Screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford paper
Signed, dated and numbered ’78/100 KAWS ’19’ in blue pencil
2. Complete Sets
Phillips London: 22 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 30,000 – 50,000
GBP 38,100 / USD 46,835
KAWS
TENSION, 2019
The complete set of 10 screenprints in colors on Saunders Waterford paper
All contained in the original grey fabric-covered clamshell portfolio box with embossed title
All signed, dated and numbered 53/100 in various colored pencils
Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 17 March 2021
Estimated: HKD 400,000 – 600,000
HKD 504,000 / USD 64,895
KAWS (b. 1974)
Tension, 2019
The complete portfolio, comprising ten screenprints in colors
Each signed in crayon, dated, numbered 7/100
Accompanied by the title-page, on wove paper, loose (as issued)
Contained in the original clamshell portfolio box
Sotheby’s London: 17 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 50,000 – 70,000
GBP 69,300 / USD 96,850
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR TENSION
KAWS (b. 1974)
Tension, 2019
The complete portfolio, comprising ten screenprints in colors on wove paper
Each signed in crayon, dated, numbered 7/100
Accompanied by the title-page, contained in the original clamshell portfolio box