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Gangsta Rat (AP mint green) - Signed Print by Banksy 2004 - MyArtBroker

Gangsta Rat (AP mint green)
Signed Print

Banksy

£60,000-£90,000Value Indicator

$120,000-$190,000 Value Indicator

$110,000-$170,000 Value Indicator

¥580,000-¥870,000 Value Indicator

70,000-100,000 Value Indicator

$630,000-$950,000 Value Indicator

¥11,950,000-¥17,930,000 Value Indicator

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50 x 35cm, Edition of 8, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 8
Year: 2004
Size: H 50cm x W 35cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: September 2018
Value Trend:
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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2018
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
£46,750
£55,000
£68,750
June 2015
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
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The value of Banksy's Gangsta Rat (AP mint green) is estimated to be worth between £60,000 to £90,000. This signed screenprint, created in 2004, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale on 17th June 2015. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of two sales. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 8.

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Meaning & Analysis

Gangsta Rat (AP Mint Green) is largely monochrome print in Banksy’s iconic spray-stencil style, portraying a rat sitting next to a boombox. The character is wearing accessories typical of “gangster” street wear, such as a New York Mets baseball cap, an ear piercing and a long chain with a medal. There is a mint green tag behind the rat saying “IPOWS” as the central splash of colour on the image. This is Banksy’s ironic nod to the ubiquity of Apple products and POW is a reference to the artist’s print publisher: Pictures on Walls. The rat character portrayed is reminiscent of the New York underground style that was prevalent across the UK in the 1980s and 90s, and also draws inspiration from the French graffiti artist Blek Le Rat, who originally started using rats as a symbol and is often called the Grandfather of stencil graffiti.

Banksy also reproduced Gangsta Rat as a mural in Farringdon in 2004, in Old Street in 2006 and New York City in 2013 on the occasion of the artist’s painting residency: Better Out Than In.Much like other artworks from the Rat series, such as Love Rat and Radar Rat, Gangsta Rat is a very popular print both in its unsigned and signed editions.

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