48. KAWS

48. KAWS

The artists who power the $1m+ market
The artists who power the $1m+ market

48. KAWS (b.1974)

CONTEMPORARY, b. Jersey City, NJ, USA

KAWS. Photo: Heidi Gutman/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Power Rank: 185

Value and supply

Auction totals

Price confidencePrice momentumAverage lot Price
71.80%0%$2.2m
Percentage of lots sold above low estimateChange in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1)Average lot value over the period 2018–23

Sotheby’s private sales

(2018 to H1 2023)
$15.2m9$1.7m
Private sales valueSold lotsAverage price

Bidders by region

Bidders by age

Top 10 artworks sold at auction

(2018 to H1 2023)
RANKTITLEDATEWHEREWHENSOLD FOR
1THE KAWS ALBUM2005Sotheby's Hong Kong1 Apr 2019$14.8m
2Untitled (Kimpsons #1)2004Sotheby's Hong Kong6 Oct 2019$7.4m
3IN THE WOODS2002Christie's New York16 May 2019$3.9m
4ARMED AWAY2014Christie's Hong Kong25 May 2019$3.1m
5UNTITLED (FATAL GROUP)2004Phillips New York15 Nov 2018$2.7m
6UNTITLED (KIMPSONS)2003Sotheby's Hong Kong1 Apr 2019$2.7m
7KURF (HOT DOG)2008Sotheby's New York16 May 2019$2.7m
8KURFS (TANGLE)2009Christie's New York15 May 2019$2.7m
9UNTITLED (KIMPSONS #3)2003Sotheby's Hong Kong1 Apr 2019$2.6m
10CHUM (KCB7)2012Christie's New York15 Nov 2018$2.4m

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