Banksy - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Sunday, June 6, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, United Kingdom
    Private Collection
    Phillips, Taipei, 24 March 2019, lot 26
    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.

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Choose Your Weapon - Bright Pink

signed 'BANKSY' lower right; numbered '8/25' lower left
screenprint in colours on wove paper
image 60 x 60 cm. (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
sheet 70 x 70 cm. (27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)

Published by Pictures on Walls, London in 2010, this work is number 8 from an edition of 25, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control.

Estimate
HK$400,000 - 600,000 
€42,300-63,500
$51,300-76,900

Sold for HK$2,016,000

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale
DanielleSo@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 7 June 2021