Provenance
Christie's Online, Banksy: I can’t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t, 11 - 24 Sept 2019, lot 209
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Artist Biography
Banksy
British • 1975 - N/A
Anonymous street artist Banksy first turned to graffiti as a miserable fourteen year old disillusioned with school. Inspired by the thriving graffiti community in his home city, Bristol, Banksy's works began appearing on trains and walls in 1993, and by 2001 his blocky, spray-painted works had cropped up all over the United Kingdom. Typically crafting his images with spray paint and cardboard stencils, Banksy is able to achieve a meticulous level of detail. His aesthetic is clean and instantly readable due to his knack for reducing complex political and social statements to simple visual elements.

His graffiti, paintings and screenprints use whimsy and humour to satirically critique war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed — with not even the Royal family safe from his anti-establishment wit.
View More Works

5

Banksy

Choose Your Weapon (Magenta)

2010
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 60 x 60 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
S. 70 x 70 cm (27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)
Signed in pink crayon and numbered 16/25 in pencil, published by Pictures on Walls, London, with the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity issued by Pest Control, framed.

Estimate On Request

Contact Specialist
ExhibitionSales@phillips.com

Banksy Private Selling Exhibition

Hong Kong 22-26 November 2019

1
Banksy
Girl with Balloon
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
2
Banksy
Barcode Leopard
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
3
Banksy
Abe Lincoln
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
4
Banksy
Kids on Guns
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
5
Banksy
Choose Your Weapon (Magenta)
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
6
Banksy
Love Rat
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

Banksy Private Selling Exhibition

Hong Kong 22-26 November 2019

Create your first list.

Provenance

Artist Biography

Banksy

5

Banksy

Choose Your Weapon (Magenta)

Banksy Private Selling Exhibition

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.