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Girl With Balloon
Signed Mixed Media

Banksy

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50 x 50cm, Edition of 25, Mixed Media

Medium: Mixed Media

Edition size: 25

Year: 2003

Size: H 50cm x W 50cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Mixed Media

Last Auction: September 2024

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2024
Christie's Hong Kong
Hong Kong
$780,000
$920,000
$1,100,000
June 2021
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
March 2018
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
October 2011
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
April 2011
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
October 2010
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
April 2008
Christie's London
United Kingdom
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The value of Banksy's Girl With Balloon (signed) is estimated to be worth between £660,000 and £990,000. This mixed media artwork, created in 2003, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 10%. This piece has an auction history of 8 total sales since its entry to the market in October 2007. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £683,462, across 1 total sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £683,462 in September 2024 to £1,726,667 in June 2021, providing an average annual growth rate of 10%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25.

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Meaning & Analysis

Girl With Balloon is a spray paint stencil on canvas produced by the acclaimed street artist Banksy in 2003. The signed canvas comes in an edition size of 25 and shows a young girl spray painted against a white backdrop. Standing in the centre of the composition, the girl is captured side-on, reaching out for a heart-shaped balloon which appears to be drifting out of the composition. Rendered in black and white with a hint of red, the design is simple and evocative and can be interpreted in various different ways.

The image of Girl With Balloon has become a symbol of innocence and hope and has also been seen as a comment on loss, temporarily and release. The artwork captures Banksy’s ability to make profound statements through simple designs. While Banksy’s artworks are often deeply satirical and steeped in anti-establishment values, this artwork is much lighter in tone and carries a more universal meaning.

Girl With Balloon has been produced in various iterations which is a testimony to its wide-reaching appeal. The image first appeared in 2002 spray painted onto a concrete wall under the stairway of a loading dock in London’s South Bank. While there are no remaining renditions left on the streets of London, subsequent series of canvases and prints, like this version, capture the impact this image has left on the public.

  • Renowned British street artist, Banksy, is the enigmatic figure behind some of the most subversive works in the Urban Art scene. Despite his anonymity, the artists' disruptive stunts have not only gained him notoriety, but they have vocalised his stance on many social and political issues. As seen with the likes of Girl With Balloon and Napalm, Banksy uses his distinctive stencil technique to produce thought-provoking commentaries on challenging themes. The showcase of rebellion that lines his work has caused his secondary market value to soar in recent years, propelling him to the top of the Urban Art scene.

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