Napalm
Napalm
Unsigned Print
Banksy
£18,000-£27,000Value
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$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
$30,000-$45,000 Value Indicator
¥160,000-¥240,000 Value Indicator
€21,000-€30,000 Value Indicator
$180,000-$270,000 Value Indicator
¥3,360,000-¥5,030,000 Value Indicator
$23,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Format: Unsigned Print
Year: 2004
Size: H 56cm x W 76cm
Edition size: 500
Signed: No
Condition: excellent
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Within the last 12 months, the highest buyer-paid value for Banksy's unsigned Napalm was £20,160 in January 2023. The hammer price varies during this period ranging from £16,000 in January 2023 to £12,657 in July 2023, and the average return to seller is £12,358 across four sales. During the last five-year period, the highest buyer-paid value was £52,500 in December 2020, and the hammer price ranges from £4,463 to £42,000. This work is popular on the market, showing a dramatic increase in sales value and the yielded return from 2019. The total sales volume is 42, and this artwork has sold at various international auction houses.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | SBI Art Auction - Japan | Napalm - Unsigned Print | |||
| May 2023 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | Napalm - Unsigned Print | |||
| April 2023 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Napalm - Unsigned Print | |||
| February 2023 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | Napalm - Unsigned Print | |||
| January 2023 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | Napalm - Unsigned Print | |||
| August 2022 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Napalm - Unsigned Print | |||
| August 2022 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Napalm - Unsigned Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Banksy's Napalm is a 2004 screen print limited to an unsigned edition of 500. 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 one of the pioneering political contemporary artists. Napalm is a three colour screen print and was released as an unsigned edition of 600. The work reference depicts the 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. 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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