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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 500
Year: 2004
Size: H 70cm x W 70cm
Signed: No
Format: Unsigned Print
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Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
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October 2024 | Sotheby's New York - United States | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print | |||
March 2024 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print | |||
February 2024 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print | |||
January 2024 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print | |||
November 2023 | Artcurial - France | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print | |||
September 2023 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print | |||
August 2023 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print |
In 2004, Banksy created I Fought The Law, a screen print from an unsigned edition of 500. Based on footage of the failed attempt on Reagan's life, Banksy’s print replaces the assassin’s gun with a paintbrush, which he has used in graffitiing an altered song title by The Clash.
I Fought The Law shows a photo-realistic black and white stencil figure of a man being pinned down by three other men, while a man in the foreground drinks what appears to be a bottle of beer. The man being pinned down by the group has just dropped a paintbrush covered in orange paint, with which he has graffitied ‘I Fought The Law And I Won’, on the wall behind them. The writing on the wall is a play on the infamous Clash song, ‘I Fought The Law and The Law Won.’
By subverting this phrase, Banksy makes a statement on how those who rise above the law and fight protocol are invariably knocked down by the jeering masses. Alternatively, it could be seen that, despite getting caught, the graffiti artist had already won – by writing on the wall, he had succeeded in getting his message out there despite what happened next. The positioning of the men in the image is a reversal of photographs capturing the assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan.
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