Napalm
Napalm
Unsigned Print
Banksy
£9,500-£14,500
$19,000-$29,000 Value Indicator
$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator
¥90,000-¥130,000 Value Indicator
€11,500-€18,000 Value Indicator
$90,000-$140,000 Value Indicator
¥1,800,000-¥2,750,000 Value Indicator
$12,000-$18,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 500
Year: 2004
Size: H 56cm x W 76cm
Signed: No
Format: Unsigned Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2024 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2024 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2024 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2024 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2023 | SBI Art Auction | Japan | |||
| May 2023 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Banksy's Napalm is a 2004 screen print limited to an unsigned edition of 500. It reworks Nick Ut's "The Terrors of War" photo, showing Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald holding a young girl whose village was napalmed. The piece satirizes corporations, transforming the original's war imagery into an unsettling ambiguity.
Napalm is undoubtedly one of Banksy’s most powerful, hard-hitting works, cementing his position as one of the pioneering political contemporary artists. Napalm is a three colour screen print and was released as an unsigned edition of 600. The work reference depicts the photograph taken during the Vietnam War, showing a nine year-old-girl (Kim Phuc) running from the horror of a Napalm blast. The moment was captured by photographer Nick Ut. Banksy took the photograph as his context for creating a disarming juxtaposition – we have two supposedly friendly American icons of consumerism (Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse), smiling as they lead the terrorised girl away from a disaster. This artwork is a quintessential and especially strong formulation of Banksy’s critique of the military-industrialist complex, linking violent conflict and capitalism. This is also demonstrated in other works like Bomb Hugger and Happy Choppers.
