Name: Liberty (green)
Brand: Stik
Rating: 5 (233 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Stik's Liberty (green) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £9,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 25%. This work has an auction history of two sales, both of which occurred in the last 12 months. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £12,096 in May 2023 to £30,720 in June 2021. The average return to the seller over the last five years has been £18,197. This work is part of a limited edition of 25.

Auction Date

Auction House

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Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

May 2023

SBI Art Auction

Japan

June 2021

Tate Ward Auctions

United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Liberty (green) is a signed screen print by street artist, Stik, and features a lone stickman in a defiant pose. This print was released in a limited edition of 25 in 2013, and while Stik’s figures can often seem withdrawn, anxious and uncertain, the stickman of Liberty bucks this trend with a strong and unflinching stance.

Liberty juxtaposes Stik's characteristically simplistic mark making with a deliberate sense of place to produce a striking piece. There is a visual resemblance with the Statue of Liberty, the famed landmark that Stik's figure mirrors in stance, yet this piece also has a particular resonance tied to its location.

This clear impetus to reflect human stories on walls of the city, and subsequently in prints inspired by his street art is a thread which has defined the artist’s work from the outset. He states: “It was people from the neighbourhood who helped me get back on my feet, and the guidance of my mentor that enabled me to become a full time artist. The support I felt was overwhelming and ‘community’ became the central theme of my work. By adding a simple human presence to the streets, I found I could humanise the structures of the city and bring attention to the issues surrounding them”.