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You Should Know I Know - Signed Print by KAWS 2015 - MyArtBroker

You Should Know I Know
Signed Print

KAWS

£12,000-£18,000Value Indicator

$24,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

$22,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

¥110,000-¥170,000 Value Indicator

14,500-22,000 Value Indicator

$120,000-$180,000 Value Indicator

¥2,270,000-¥3,400,000 Value Indicator

$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

-7% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 250

Year: 2015

Size: H 95cm x W 82cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of KAWS's You Should Know I Know (signed) is estimated to be worth between £12,000 and £18,000. Over the past five years, the hammer price ranges from £6,006 in September 2023 to £20,456 in July 2020. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This work has an auction history of 18 total sales since its entry to the market in January 2016. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2024Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers United Kingdom
October 2023Phillips New York United States
September 2023Phillips New York United States
August 2022Sotheby's New York United States
March 2022Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
March 2022Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
October 2021Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

This crossed out eye makes the work instantly recognisable as one of KAWS’. Since the late 90s, when he first made his name on the street by painting an uncanny cast of characters over advertisement panels in New York, KAWS has been creating figures that aim to disconcert the viewer with their uncanny mix of familiarity and creepiness. Here we can see the ghost of the artist’s most well known motif, the Companion character who started life as a limited edition vinyl toy which sold out almost immediately when it was released through Japanese cult brand Bounty Hunter in 1999. Since then Companion has appeared as numerous other editions of the vinyl toy, as well as a blimp in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a sell out Uniqlo t shirt, a giant inflatable floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and a monumental sculpture in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Originally depicted as a figure with a skull and crossbones head wearing Mickey Mouse shorts and gloves, the figure is arguably responsible for making the XX eyes a KAWS trademark.

With You Should Know I Know and many of his other screen prints KAWS appears to be further developing his early fascination with cartoons and the possibilities for accessibility when making art. His original ‘subvertisements’ and other graffiti interventions aimed to bring art to the everyman, to reach kids and collectors alike. And while his paintings now sell for six figures at auction, his prints show he is still in touch with the countercultures that first inspired him.

  • American-born artist, KAWS, is renowned for his cartoon figures, prints and 'subvertisements'. Born in 1974 to the burgeoning New York graffiti and street art scene, KAWS has successfully combined fine art and pop culture to create his own lane in the urban art world. His distinct aesthetic, characterised by playful figures and a subversive take on pop culture icons, has earned him acclaim in both the art and mainstream realms. Most notable is his Companion figure which has achieved global critical and commercial success, and has formed collaborations with the likes of Nike and Dior Homme.