Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist believed to have been born in Bristol in 1974. His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls and bridges of cities across the world.
Though Banksy’s identity remains well guarded, he came to notice as a freehand graffiti artist in 1993. Using stencils since 2000 to enhance his speed, he developed a distinctive iconography of highly recognizable images, such as rats and policeman, that communicated his antiauthoritarian message.
Banksy’s work has continued to increase in popularity for many years and also in price. Most resent in late 2018 Girl with Balloon (2006), a canvas version of one of his most popular murals, alarmed onlookers at an auction with Sotheby’s when the work seemingly self-destructed by partly shredding just after selling for a whopping $1.4 million. It was soon later revealed that the piece was to completely shred but the shredder hidden in the frame had malfunctioned. Pest control, Banksy’s authentication bureau, also issued a certificate acknowledging that the destroyed work had become a new piece of art with a new name, Love Is in the Bin.
Banksy has remained committed to the street art, declaring that life in a city in which graffiti was legal would be “.like a party where everyone was invited.” The question is, will Bnaksy reveal his true identity and how will this influence his market in the future.
YEAR:
2005
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy’s Soup Cans prints are amongst his most iconic and came in four different varieties. First released in 2005 was the original colour way single Soup Can. A total edition of 300, 50 were signed and 250 were unsigned. Next in 2005 came the coloured variations of the Soup Can. Still depicting a single can, these came in a total of 28 different colours, with 10 of each (making 280 prints in total), all of which were signed. Lastly, in 2006 came the Lazarides edition which featured four soup cans with gold tops. These came in two different varieties, grey paper or cream paper. There were 54 of the cream versions, and 12 of the grey, and all of them were signed.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 35cm
EDITION SIZE:
250 Unsigned / 50 Signed
YEAR:
2017
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Sale Ends V2 was released as the reworked version of the original screen print from 2006. 2017 saw the release of V2 as a signed edition of 500.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
500 Signed
YEAR:
2006
ABOUT THE PIECE:
In this work Banksy has created the comical image of two grannies happily knitting onto sweaters the unlikely phrases ‘Punk’s not Dead’ and ‘Thugs for Life’.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2003
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Spotted in the London Anti-War protests in 2003, alongside other protest boards with images like the ‘Grin Reaper/Wrong War’, the ‘Happy Chopper’ comes in an Edition of 750. Of these prints, made in 2003, 150 have been signed by Banksy and 33 are Artist Proofs.
Massive Attack and Blur were actively promoting these works during the march and helped bring great publicity to the Banksy brand. It is not difficult to see why this image was used during the London Anti-War protests.
Banksy’s remarkably accurate rendition of the attack helicopters makes clear the reference to war, while the pretty pink bows placed on each chopper pokes fun at the serious subject matter.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2007
ABOUT THE PIECE:
The Morons print was originally released during Banksy’s “Barely Legal” show held in 2006 in a warehouse in Los Angeles. It was later sold by POW in 2007 with signed and unsigned white versions, as well as, signed sepia version. The LA edition differed from those released by POW by an addition of a gold frame around the auctioned picture within the print. There are a limited number of signed LA prints in circulation that never went on general sale.
The ‘Morons’ print is a satirical take on the contemporary art market. It was ironically included in Sotheby’s 2014 exhibition and sale curated by Steve Lazarides titled “Banksy: The Unauthorized Retrospective.”
MEDIA:
Silk Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
Rare VIP Signed
YEAR:
2003
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy's Lenin on Roller Skates is a spray-painted stencil on canvas depicting Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin roller skating in Nike branded skates. This stencil was used to make an edition of 25 canvases, which are each unique.
MEDIA:
Spray Paint on Canvas
SIZE:
H 40cm x W 30cm
EDITION SIZE:
25 Tagged Unsigned
YEAR:
2009
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy’s ‘Donuts’ was released in 2009 through POW in two delicious flavours, Strawberry and Chocolate with 299 signed editions of each. In all 598 prints were released in an online lottery for £465 each.
The number of prints released, 299 of each flavour, may be a reference to Krispy Kreme’s financial troubles in 2007, when it had to cut back 299 stores.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
299 Signed
YEAR:
2005
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy Police Kids (Jack and Jill) is a signed-limited edition four-colour hand-pulled screen print on archival paper. Banksy’s work combines spray-paint and stencilling techniques with commercial, political and contemporary imagery, with a sense of ironic social commentary and humour. Critical of corporate business, Banksy’s work considers the negative impact of capitalism and social injustice. Jack and Jill, also known as “Police Kids”, is an exceptional artwork that uses children in bullet-proof police jackets to contrast the supposed freedom of childhood with the concerns of many parents and a society in general that feels the need to protect them.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
YEAR:
2004
ABOUT THE PIECE:
The Banksy Edition Print Girl with Balloon is undoubtedly one of his most desirable pieces of work to date. Girl with Balloon was originally released in 2004 and first seen on the wall of a South Bank staircase in London. From this, several variations on the theme of a girl with a balloon were created, 150 of these prints were signed and another 600 were unsigned.
Girl with Balloon is widely seen as one of Banksy’s most popular works, drawing attention to celebrity culture as well as recreations being printed on many canvas and posters around the world. Justin Bieber loved the image so much he got it tattoo on his arm.
Banksy created a version of the piece on the cardboard backing of an Ikea frame. The image of the girl was also used in a With Syria campaign.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 70cm x W 50cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2006
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Unusually printed on chromalux paper exists as an unsigned edition of 1000. An extremely limited number of silver Flags were also available on formica from Lazarides. Printed on hard board, these were signed (with Banksy’s signature scratched into the surface) from an edition of 20.
The final incarnation of Flags is the gold edition available only to buyers in person at the 2007 Santa’s Ghetto in Bethlehem, where 112 gold editions were released with all of them signed. The silver version was released at Santa’s Ghetto in London in 2006.
The piece is a caricature of the famous world war two image, depicting US soldiers raising the American flag during the bloody battle of Iwo Jima.
MEDIA:
Silk Screen Print
SIZE:
H 76cm x W 56cm
EDITION SIZE:
1000 Unsigned
YEAR:
2006
ABOUT THE PIECE:
First spotted in London’s East-Central area of Old Street in 2007, ‘Pulp Fiction’ is still today, one of Banksy’s most iconic pieces. The artwork was removed by Transport for London as it was deemed too violent however, Banksy quickly returned, as did the art. This piece depicts Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta as they appeared in the 1994 Tarantino film. Pulp Fiction is a satirical adventure exploring over the top violence and language. Fans of the film will appreciate the irony of the scene as the characters threaten menacingly with their bananas instead of guns. The Banksy print was originally released in 2004 as an edition of 750. 600 unsigned and 150 signed.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 48.4cm x W 69.5cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2004
ABOUT THE PIECE:
‘Love Rat’ was the first of Banksy’s iconic rats to make it into print form. Pokes fun at the art establishment it was released in 2004. There is a total of 750 prints for this edition, 150 signed while the other 600 were unsigned. The work was first discovered in Liverpool while another similar piece cropped up in LA.
With the Gangsta Rat this is the most desirable of the rat images produced.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 35cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2004
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Heavy Weaponry is a well-known canvas by British street artist Banksy released in 2002 by Pictures on Walls, Banksy UK’s print house. It is a simple canvas made using black spray paint and stencils. Heavy Weaponry depicts a singular elephant made in Banksy’s recognisable stencil style with a rocket strapped to its back, hence the double-entendre in the witty title. The entire composition consists of a minimally depicted animal simply strolling forward, heavy with irony.
MEDIA:
Spray Paint on Canvas
SIZE:
H 30cm x W 40cm
EDITION SIZE:
25 Signed
YEAR:
2010
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy’s ‘Choose Your Weapon’ first appeared in London in the Southwark District.
It is a take on the disaffected youth of Britain. The dog, which pays tribute to Keith Haring’s ‘Barking Dog’, is a man’s best friend and in this case, it acts as the man’s weapon. For Banksy, his weapon is his street art.
The prints come in 19 different colours. When POW gallery released the prints, many fans who had been queuing in the cold were pushed out the way by carloads of chancers hoping to get prints to sell online. In response Banksy and POW produced a special queue jumpers edition in Grey for those who missed out.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 70cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
25 Signed
YEAR:
2007
ABOUT THE PIECE:
The Banksy print Trolleys (or Trolley Hunters) was originally released as part of the LA edition accompanying Banksy’s Barely Legal show in 2006. This first incarnation of Trolleys was unsigned and numbered out of 500. There are a limited number of signed prints from the LA Edition in circulation (low edition numbers and proofs), but these didn’t go on general sale.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
500 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2003
ABOUT THE PIECE:
“Virgin Mary” image, frequently referred to as “Toxic Mary” by Banksy, was originally shown at “Turf War” exhibition in 2003. The location of the exhibition was kept secret until just a day before the event when an email was sent out giving an address of a deserted warehouse in Dalston, East London.
It is a poignant and insightful image that powerfully critiques organised religion.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 70cm x W 50cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2001
MEDIA:
Spray Paint and Emulsion on Canvas
SIZE:
H 93cm x W 99cm
EDITION SIZE:
Unique Unsigned
YEAR:
2005
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy’s Soup Cans prints are amongst his most iconic and came in four different varieties. First released in 2005 was the original colour way single Soup Can. A total edition of 300, 50 were signed and 250 were unsigned. Next in 2005 came the coloured variations of the Soup Can. Still depicting a single can, these came in a total of 28 different colours, with 10 of each (making 280 prints in total), all of which were signed. Lastly, in 2006 came the Lazarides edition which featured four soup cans with gold tops. These came in two different varieties, grey paper or cream paper. There were 54 of the cream versions, and 12 of the grey, and all of them were signed.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 35cm
EDITION SIZE:
250 Unsigned / 50 Signed
YEAR:
2017
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Sale Ends V2 was released as the reworked version of the original screen print from 2006. 2017 saw the release of V2 as a signed edition of 500.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
500 Signed
YEAR:
2006
ABOUT THE PIECE:
In this work Banksy has created the comical image of two grannies happily knitting onto sweaters the unlikely phrases ‘Punk’s not Dead’ and ‘Thugs for Life’.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2003
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Spotted in the London Anti-War protests in 2003, alongside other protest boards with images like the ‘Grin Reaper/Wrong War’, the ‘Happy Chopper’ comes in an Edition of 750. Of these prints, made in 2003, 150 have been signed by Banksy and 33 are Artist Proofs.
Massive Attack and Blur were actively promoting these works during the march and helped bring great publicity to the Banksy brand. It is not difficult to see why this image was used during the London Anti-War protests.
Banksy’s remarkably accurate rendition of the attack helicopters makes clear the reference to war, while the pretty pink bows placed on each chopper pokes fun at the serious subject matter.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2007
ABOUT THE PIECE:
The Morons print was originally released during Banksy’s “Barely Legal” show held in 2006 in a warehouse in Los Angeles. It was later sold by POW in 2007 with signed and unsigned white versions, as well as, signed sepia version. The LA edition differed from those released by POW by an addition of a gold frame around the auctioned picture within the print. There are a limited number of signed LA prints in circulation that never went on general sale.
The ‘Morons’ print is a satirical take on the contemporary art market. It was ironically included in Sotheby’s 2014 exhibition and sale curated by Steve Lazarides titled “Banksy: The Unauthorized Retrospective.”
MEDIA:
Silk Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
Rare VIP Signed
YEAR:
2003
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy's Lenin on Roller Skates is a spray-painted stencil on canvas depicting Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin roller skating in Nike branded skates. This stencil was used to make an edition of 25 canvases, which are each unique.
MEDIA:
Spray Paint on Canvas
SIZE:
H 40cm x W 30cm
EDITION SIZE:
25 Tagged Unsigned
YEAR:
2009
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy’s ‘Donuts’ was released in 2009 through POW in two delicious flavours, Strawberry and Chocolate with 299 signed editions of each. In all 598 prints were released in an online lottery for £465 each.
The number of prints released, 299 of each flavour, may be a reference to Krispy Kreme’s financial troubles in 2007, when it had to cut back 299 stores.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 56cm x W 76cm
EDITION SIZE:
299 Signed
YEAR:
2005
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy Police Kids (Jack and Jill) is a signed-limited edition four-colour hand-pulled screen print on archival paper. Banksy’s work combines spray-paint and stencilling techniques with commercial, political and contemporary imagery, with a sense of ironic social commentary and humour. Critical of corporate business, Banksy’s work considers the negative impact of capitalism and social injustice. Jack and Jill, also known as “Police Kids”, is an exceptional artwork that uses children in bullet-proof police jackets to contrast the supposed freedom of childhood with the concerns of many parents and a society in general that feels the need to protect them.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
YEAR:
2004
ABOUT THE PIECE:
The Banksy Edition Print Girl with Balloon is undoubtedly one of his most desirable pieces of work to date. Girl with Balloon was originally released in 2004 and first seen on the wall of a South Bank staircase in London. From this, several variations on the theme of a girl with a balloon were created, 150 of these prints were signed and another 600 were unsigned.
Girl with Balloon is widely seen as one of Banksy’s most popular works, drawing attention to celebrity culture as well as recreations being printed on many canvas and posters around the world. Justin Bieber loved the image so much he got it tattoo on his arm.
Banksy created a version of the piece on the cardboard backing of an Ikea frame. The image of the girl was also used in a With Syria campaign.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 70cm x W 50cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2006
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Unusually printed on chromalux paper exists as an unsigned edition of 1000. An extremely limited number of silver Flags were also available on formica from Lazarides. Printed on hard board, these were signed (with Banksy’s signature scratched into the surface) from an edition of 20.
The final incarnation of Flags is the gold edition available only to buyers in person at the 2007 Santa’s Ghetto in Bethlehem, where 112 gold editions were released with all of them signed. The silver version was released at Santa’s Ghetto in London in 2006.
The piece is a caricature of the famous world war two image, depicting US soldiers raising the American flag during the bloody battle of Iwo Jima.
MEDIA:
Silk Screen Print
SIZE:
H 76cm x W 56cm
EDITION SIZE:
1000 Unsigned
YEAR:
2006
ABOUT THE PIECE:
First spotted in London’s East-Central area of Old Street in 2007, ‘Pulp Fiction’ is still today, one of Banksy’s most iconic pieces. The artwork was removed by Transport for London as it was deemed too violent however, Banksy quickly returned, as did the art. This piece depicts Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta as they appeared in the 1994 Tarantino film. Pulp Fiction is a satirical adventure exploring over the top violence and language. Fans of the film will appreciate the irony of the scene as the characters threaten menacingly with their bananas instead of guns. The Banksy print was originally released in 2004 as an edition of 750. 600 unsigned and 150 signed.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 48.4cm x W 69.5cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2004
ABOUT THE PIECE:
‘Love Rat’ was the first of Banksy’s iconic rats to make it into print form. Pokes fun at the art establishment it was released in 2004. There is a total of 750 prints for this edition, 150 signed while the other 600 were unsigned. The work was first discovered in Liverpool while another similar piece cropped up in LA.
With the Gangsta Rat this is the most desirable of the rat images produced.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 35cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2004
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Heavy Weaponry is a well-known canvas by British street artist Banksy released in 2002 by Pictures on Walls, Banksy UK’s print house. It is a simple canvas made using black spray paint and stencils. Heavy Weaponry depicts a singular elephant made in Banksy’s recognisable stencil style with a rocket strapped to its back, hence the double-entendre in the witty title. The entire composition consists of a minimally depicted animal simply strolling forward, heavy with irony.
MEDIA:
Spray Paint on Canvas
SIZE:
H 30cm x W 40cm
EDITION SIZE:
25 Signed
YEAR:
2010
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Banksy’s ‘Choose Your Weapon’ first appeared in London in the Southwark District.
It is a take on the disaffected youth of Britain. The dog, which pays tribute to Keith Haring’s ‘Barking Dog’, is a man’s best friend and in this case, it acts as the man’s weapon. For Banksy, his weapon is his street art.
The prints come in 19 different colours. When POW gallery released the prints, many fans who had been queuing in the cold were pushed out the way by carloads of chancers hoping to get prints to sell online. In response Banksy and POW produced a special queue jumpers edition in Grey for those who missed out.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 70cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
25 Signed
YEAR:
2007
ABOUT THE PIECE:
The Banksy print Trolleys (or Trolley Hunters) was originally released as part of the LA edition accompanying Banksy’s Barely Legal show in 2006. This first incarnation of Trolleys was unsigned and numbered out of 500. There are a limited number of signed prints from the LA Edition in circulation (low edition numbers and proofs), but these didn’t go on general sale.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 50cm x W 70cm
EDITION SIZE:
500 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2003
ABOUT THE PIECE:
“Virgin Mary” image, frequently referred to as “Toxic Mary” by Banksy, was originally shown at “Turf War” exhibition in 2003. The location of the exhibition was kept secret until just a day before the event when an email was sent out giving an address of a deserted warehouse in Dalston, East London.
It is a poignant and insightful image that powerfully critiques organised religion.
MEDIA:
Screen Print
SIZE:
H 70cm x W 50cm
EDITION SIZE:
600 Unsigned / 150 Signed
YEAR:
2001
MEDIA:
Spray Paint and Emulsion on Canvas
SIZE:
H 93cm x W 99cm
EDITION SIZE:
Unique Unsigned
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