Knife Behind Back
- Maker
- Yoshitomo Nara
- Year
- 2000
- Rank
- 20 of 100
Knife Behind Back
Knife Behind Back by Yoshitomo Nara (2000) is ranked 20 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $25,053,000 on 6 October 2019. Nara's record canvas anchors a vast global market that extends into his actively traded prints and ceramic multiples.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Nara's record canvas anchors a vast global market that extends into his actively traded prints and ceramic multiples.
Acrylic on canvas, 234 x 208 cm (unique trophy painting)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $25,053,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 6 October 2019
Sotheby's Hong Kong Oct 2019, HK$195,696,000 @ HKD~0.128 = ~$25.05M (also quoted £20.2M)
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08