Napalm
Napalm
Signed Print
Banksy
£30,000-£45,000 VALUE (EST.)
$60,000-$90,000 VALUE (EST.)
$50,000-$70,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥270,000-¥400,000 VALUE (EST.)
€35,000-€50,000 VALUE (EST.)
$290,000-$430,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥5,480,000-¥8,210,000 VALUE (EST.)
$35,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)
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Screenprint, 2004
Signed Print Edition of 150
H 50cm x W 70cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Sotheby's London - United Kingdom | Napalm - Signed Print | |||
| December 2022 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Napalm - Signed Print | |||
| June 2022 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Napalm - Signed Print | |||
| April 2022 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Napalm - Signed Print | |||
| January 2022 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Napalm - Signed Print | |||
| July 2021 | Artcurial - France | Napalm - Signed Print | |||
| April 2021 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Napalm - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Banksy's Napalm is a 2004 screen print limited to a signed edition of 150. It reworks Nick Ut's "The Terrors of War" photo, showing Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald holding a young girl whose village was napalmed. The piece satirizes corporations, transforming the original's war imagery into an unsettling ambiguity.
Napalm is undoubtedly one of Banksy’s most powerful, hard-hitting works, cementing his position as a pioneering political contemporary artist. Napalm is a mostly monochromatic screen print in three colours. The work references a photograph taken during the Vietnam War, showing a nine year-old-girl (Kim Phuc) running from the horror of a Napalm blast. The moment was captured by photographer Nick Ut. On this print, Banksy took the photograph as his context for creating a disarming juxtaposition – we have two supposedly friendly American icons of consumerism (Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse), smiling as they lead the terrorised girl away from a disaster. This artwork is a quintessential and especially strong formulation of Banksy’s critique of the military-industrialist complex, linking violent conflict and capitalism. This is also demonstrated in other works like Bomb Hugger and Happy Choppers.
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