Gauntlet Gallery — Complete KAWS Index
100% Cashmere Blanket (Red)
Work Summary & Collector Notes
100% Cashmere Blanket (Red) is a functional KAWS object that brings the artist's graphic vocabulary onto a luxury textile, rendering his signature motifs, crossed-out X eyes and Companion-derived imagery, in woven form on a red ground. As a soft, usable design object, it sits at the intersection of art and lifestyle, extending KAWS's brand into the home in the same spirit as his plush, apparel, and homeware collaborations. The piece translates his flat, high-contrast graphic style into cashmere, making it a collectible that is meant to be displayed or used. It exemplifies how KAWS has consistently moved his imagery across media and into everyday consumer products.
Collector notes: Edition label was not stated, and total quantity was not documented in the saved record. Edition-specific signature, numbering, and stamp details were not stated in the saved release record. Verify signing and numbering against a documented example of this edition.
Why It Matters
The cashmere blanket embodies KAWS's defining strategy of dissolving the line between fine art and accessible consumer goods. By applying his instantly recognizable motifs to a domestic luxury object, KAWS extends the reach of his imagery beyond galleries and into daily life, the very move that built his unprecedented crossover audience spanning art collectors, streetwear fans, and design enthusiasts. Functional objects like this reinforce his identity as a brand as much as an artist, and they reward collectors who value the full breadth of his output rather than only his prints and sculptures. While such homeware editions typically carry less critical weight than his core Companion works, they are culturally telling and broadly collectible, often serving as approachable, lower-commitment entry points into a KAWS collection. The blanket's standing depends on the specific collaboration and production run, which buyers should verify, but as a category it reflects a genuine and deliberate pillar of his consumer-facing practice.
Collector Perspective
This blanket attracts collectors who embrace KAWS as a lifestyle and design phenomenon, not only a fine artist. It appeals to buyers furnishing a KAWS-themed interior and to those who want a usable piece that still carries the artist's unmistakable graphics. The red colorway is bold and display-forward, working as a draped accent or a framed-adjacent statement. Within a broader collection it complements plush figures, apparel, and other functional objects, rounding out the consumer-goods dimension of KAWS's output. Because homeware editions vary in production scale and collaboration partner, collectors should confirm the specific release and its authenticity, and consider that condition and use affect desirability for textile objects more than for sculpture or prints.
Historical Context
The cashmere blanket belongs to KAWS's expansive product and collaboration era, the phase in which the artist, having moved from subway graffiti and vinyl toys into fine art, simultaneously built a vast ecosystem of consumer objects bearing his imagery. Functional homeware like this follows the logic of his earlier toy and apparel ventures, applying motifs first developed in his Companion and graphic work to new materials and everyday uses. It reflects KAWS's long-standing comfort operating across the art-commerce divide, a stance rooted in his street-art origins and his designer-toy breakthroughs. While not part of his monumental or museum-anchored output, such objects are an integral strand of his practice and document his unmatched cultural ubiquity.
Documented Release Details
- Object type
- Editioned print or object
- Release date
- 2019
- Release-date note
- Catalog-listed release year from the saved secondary record; primary release-page confirmation remains pending.
- Series
- Plush and Object
- Medium and materials
- Medium and materials were not documented in the saved record.
- Edition details
- Edition label was not stated, and total quantity was not documented in the saved record.
- Signature and marks
- Edition-specific signature, numbering, and stamp details were not stated in the saved release record. Verify signing and numbering against a documented example of this edition.
Documented History and Meaning
History note: This page treats KAWS's broader career as background context, not proof that this specific edition belongs to any single exhibition or event. Release-level facts here come from a saved secondary catalog record.
Meaning / interpretation: Read as documented context rather than stated intent: The cashmere blanket belongs to KAWS's expansive product and collaboration era, the phase in which the artist, having moved from subway graffiti and vinyl toys into fine art, simultaneously built a vast ecosystem of consumer objects bearing his imagery. This is an interpretive reading of the release context, not a statement of the artist's intent for this specific work. This interpretive note follows the cited artist or publisher context.
Release context: The saved catalog lists 2019. It is grouped under Plush and Object in the saved record.
Authentication, Presentation and Provenance
- Original presentation
- Original packaging or presentation was not documented in the release sources reviewed.
- Authentication note
- Compare the support, dimensions, edition number, and signature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet Gallery does not authenticate works purchased from third parties.
- Provenance note
- Edition origin is attributed in the saved record to the release source named in the saved record. That does not establish the ownership history of an individual copy: retain the original invoice, reseller or gallery paperwork, labels, correspondence, and condition photographs.
Sources and Verification
Verification status: Secondary catalog snapshot; artist-level context added
- KAWSONE — official site — KAWS studio · primary artist source · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Official artist site; career context, not an individual-edition record.
- KAWS — Wikipedia · reference encyclopedia · Accessed 2026-07-13 · General artist-level biographical and career reference.
- KAWS (Q3194367) — Wikidata · reference knowledge base · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Structured identifier used for the artist across catalog metadata.
Market Context
- Estimated value. The median of recorded public sale prices for this piece, matched by title and colorway. We use the median (not the average) because it resists outliers.
- Min / max sale. The lowest and highest individual recorded sale prices; the range shows dispersion, not a guaranteed band.
- Recorded comps. The number of independent comparable sales; reliability rises with sample size (1–2 sales are indicative only).
- Liquidity & sales volume. Our liquidity rating reflects sales velocity — the number of recorded comparable sales and how recent the latest sale is. More frequent and more recent sales rate as more liquid (Highly Liquid → Liquid → Moderate → Thin → Very Thin); a piece with no recorded public sales is Extremely Rare.
- Product-level estimate. This colorway has few or no recorded sales of its own, so the figure is pooled from sales across all colorways of the same product (median, with the 25th–75th percentile as the range). Indicative; specific colorways can trade above or below.
- Estimate confidence. A traffic-light read on how well the data supports the estimate: green high, yellow medium, red low / indicative.
- Data source & currency. Compiled from recorded public marketplace and auction sales of US$200 or more, in US dollars, as of the latest recorded sale shown. Coverage is not exhaustive.
- Not financial or investment advice. For collector reference only — not an appraisal, offer, or guarantee of resale value. Art is volatile and illiquid; do your own research. Use is subject to our Terms & Conditions.
FAQ
Is this blanket meant to be used or displayed?
It is a functional cashmere object that can be used or displayed; collectors often treat it as both a usable piece and a collectible.
What imagery does it feature?
It features KAWS's signature graphic motifs, including his crossed-out X eyes and Companion-derived imagery, woven on a red ground.
Is a homeware object a serious KAWS collectible?
It is an authentic part of his consumer-facing output. Such objects typically carry less critical weight than his core works but are genuinely collectible.
What should I verify before buying?
Confirm the specific collaboration or release, its authenticity, and condition, since textile objects are sensitive to wear.
