Name: Liberty (red)
Brand: Stik
Rating: 5 (235 reviews)

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Stik's Liberty (red) (signed) is a screenprint from 2013, estimated to be valued between £20,000 and £30,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. There have been 5 total sales since its entry to the market in June 2018. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £24,000 in March 2021 to £30,720 in June 2021. The average return to the seller is £23,500. This is a rare artwork, part of a limited edition of 25.

Meaning & Analysis

Liberty (red) is a signed screen print by street artist, Stik. Released in 2013 in an edition of 25, this print was inspired by a mural of the same name by the artist in New York City. Liberty (red) is printed in white, red, and black and depicts a stick figure with one arm extended, emulating the Statue of Liberty herself.

Liberty combines Stik's characteristic six-line stickman with a keen sense of geography to create a visually arresting piece. Although the work's obvious connection is with the Statue of Liberty, the renowned landmark that Stik's figure evokes in its posture, the piece also has a more particular resonance that is tied to its specific location. Stik's protesting stickman acknowledges the thousands of individual acts of courage that have marked the history of Tompkins Square Park in the course of the park's existence.

The print serves as an eloquent monument to the tenacity of communities that have endured great hardship. The image is inextricably tied to a number of Stik works that are concerned with creating space for the disadvantaged, while shedding a light on urban protest, documenting yet another facet of urban life.