Kaws
American · b. 1974 · Painter, Sculptor
Brian Donnelly, known professionally as KAWS, is an American artist and designer whose work centers on repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs, some dating… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
THE WALK HOMEPhillips · $5,955,000≈ £4,649,075≈ €5,315,540Sign up to see
UNTITLED (FATAL GROUP)Phillips · $2,716,500≈ £2,123,427≈ €2,402,919Sign up to see
GRRR!Phillips · $2,180,000≈ £1,697,687≈ €1,982,359Sign up to see
Kaws’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
8 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
35 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
27 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 202 | 179 | 89% | $354kSign up | $152kSign up | $6MSign up |
| Acrylic | 189 | 168 | 89% | $369kSign up | $161kSign up | $6MSign up |
| Mixed media | 10 | 9 | 90% | $34.3kSign up | $33kSign up | $62.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 25 | 21 | 84% | $54.5kSign up | $6.7kSign up | $711kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $93.8kSign up | $93.8kSign up | $93.8kSign up |
| Drawing | 11 | 10 | 91% | $4.4kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $12.1kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 564 | 460 | 82% | $21.1kSign up | $5.5kSign up | $241kSign up |
| Engraving | 1 | 1 | 100% | $508Sign up | $508Sign up | $508Sign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.6kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $11.4kSign up |
| Screenprint | 269 | 208 | 77% | $25.7kSign up | $10.3kSign up | $159kSign up |
| Print (other) | 20 | 9 | 45% | $34.8kSign up | $953Sign up | $241kSign up |
| Multiple | 271 | 239 | 88% | $16.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $192kSign up |
| Sculpture | 83 | 63 | 76% | $187kSign up | $35.4kSign up | $2MSign up |
| Other | 135 | 92 | 68% | $117kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 83 | $4kSign up |
| 2025 | 121 | 83 | $3kSign up |
| 2024 | 104 | 73 | $5.5kSign up |
| 2023 | 65 | 52 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2022 | 83 | 60 | $5.7kSign up |
| 2021 | 109 | 82 | $21kSign up |
| 2020 | 145 | 111 | $4.1kSign up |
| 2019 | 114 | 107 | $93.8kSign up |
| 2018 | 67 | 64 | $106kSign up |
| 2017 | 45 | 44 | $36.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 35 | 31 | $20.7kSign up |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | $38kSign up |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | $56.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | $40kSign up |