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Screenprint, 2003
Signed Print Edition of 150
H 50cm x W 35cm
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Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
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July 2021 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Monkey Queen - Signed Print | |||
December 2020 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Monkey Queen - Signed Print | |||
November 2020 | International Art Centre - New Zealand | Monkey Queen - Signed Print | |||
October 2020 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | Monkey Queen - Signed Print | |||
August 2020 | Tate Ward Auctions - United Kingdom | Monkey Queen - Signed Print | |||
December 2018 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Monkey Queen - Signed Print | |||
August 2014 | Shapiro Auctioneers - Australia | Monkey Queen - Signed Print |
Monkey Queen is one of Banksy’s earliest, controversial screen prints in colour, released as a signed edition of 150 in 2003.
Monkey Queen is a quintessential example of Banksy’s daring, unapologetic humour. The colourful depicts a monkey wearing all the ornamentation of a Queen -- crown, diamond necklace, and earrings – in front of a background of red, white, blue, except t not that of the Union Jack, more the ‘target’ symbol synonymous with Mods.
The three colour artwork of the photo-realistic monkey in Banksy’s spray-stencil-style. The image is reminiscent of his earlier work Laugh Now, in which he prophesied a society run by Man’s primate cousins. Having a Monkey Queen would be the ultimate symbol of monkeys taking over (as envisaged in Planet of the Apes). This painting first appeared at a youth centre’s club called The Chill Out Zone on Broad Street in Newent in around 2004.
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