MIKE KELLEY, Little Friend, 2007
43 x 30 x 16,5 cm / 17 x 11 x 6.5 inches
fake fur, felt, plastic, speaking device, original cardboard box
covered in blue plush with plastic eyes, felt hands and feet
edition of 800
pristine condition
comes in original window box
published by Whitney Museum, New York, USA
€ 1.250,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.MKel 270-pr

This plush toy has a startling characteristic. Like many plush toys, when you squeeze their belly they speak, but here Mike Kelley made this one to speak 20 different phrases you don’t expect to hear from a toy. It says a.o. things like “Hurt me, I don’t mind,” and “Do you really love me?”

History of prices:
Phillips Auctions, New York, USA US$ 967.- (incl. premium)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, USA US$ 1,270.- 12 June 2025 (incl. premium)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, USA US$ 1,016.- 18 March 2025
Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Brussels, Belgium € 832,- 24 September 2024
Art.net, private collection, Miami USA US$ 2,750.-, May 2023 (make an offer)
Vince Fine Arts, Miami, US$ 4,500.- January 2023
Lama Auctions, Van Nuys, CA, USA US$ 813.- 16 December 2021 (incl. premium)
Vince Fine Arts, Miami, US$ 3,000.- April 2020
Alternate Projects, US$ 1,800.- April 2020
Artsation, Berlin, Germany € 2.500,- March 2014
Whitney Museum, New York, USA, € 360,- / US$ 475.- October 2012