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Happy Choppers
Signed Spray Paint

Banksy

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Medium: Spray Paint

Edition size: 3

Year: 2006

Size: H 127cm x W 183cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Spray Paint

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The value of Banksy's Happy Choppers (signed) from 2006 is estimated to be worth between £1,100,000 and £1,650,000. This spray paint artwork has had one sale since its entry to the market on 4th October 2018. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or the last five years. The edition size of this piece is limited to 3.

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Auction Results

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October 2018Sotheby's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Using spray paint and stencils, Banksy depicts a squadron of armed military helicopters rendered in black and grey spray paint which are flying through a vibrant blue sky. The beautiful sky with cartoon-like clouds contrasts with the negative connotations associated with these military helicopters, namely war and violence. The jarring contrast between beauty and violence is exaggerated further as Banksy adds a pink bow to the lead helicopter’s propellor. Before being made into a screen print, the design for Happy Choppers was first seen in 2002 as a mural that Banksy spray painted at the Whitecross Street Market in London.

The image of a helicopter has become a recurring visual motif that features throughout Banksy’s artworks to represent war and military intervention. The artist’s work is strongly influenced by his political ideology and values, and Banksy’s anti-war stance is often exhibited in his art, as is seen in this print and others such as Bomb Love, 2001.