KAWS (b. 1974) UNTITLED (MBFG7), 2014 Acrylic on canvas 58 x 48 ines (147.3 x 121.9 cm) PROVENANCE: Private collection; Phillips, London, March 8, 2019, lot 152; Private collection, acquired from the above. KAWS has emerged as one of the most influential and commercially successful artists of his generation, seamlessly bridging the worlds of fine art and popular culture. The present work is unmistakably KAWS, created as part of the artist’s Man’s Best Friend series, it reimagines Linus from Charles Schulz’s iconic Peanuts comic strip. In this body of work, what initially appear to be non-representational compositions are, in fact, enlarged fragments of Schulz’s original drawings. First published daily from 1950 until 2000, Peanuts became a cornerstone of American visual culture, its characters deeply embedded in the collective imagination. By isolating and magnifying these familiar forms to the point of near abstraction, KAWS underscores both their ubiquity and their lasting cultural resonance. Here, Linus is distilled to a network of bold, continuous black lines. With the addition of KAWS’ signature "X" eye, the character is subtly but decisively transformed, absorbed into the artist’s own visual language. Stripped of color and volume, the work emphasizes line as identity, demonstrating the strength of KAWS’ iconography. In this act of reduction, KAWS underscores the enduring power of these images. Even at the edge of abstraction, they remain unmistakable, a testament to their ubiquity and the lasting imprint of repetition within popular culture. HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Private collection; Phillips, London, March 8, 2019, lot 152; Private collection, acquired from the above.

Presents very well. Unlined. Not framed.