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I Fought The Law (AP) - Signed Print by Banksy 2005 - MyArtBroker

I Fought The Law (AP)
Signed Print

Banksy

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70 x 70cm, Edition of 26, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 26

Year: 2005

Size: H 70cm x W 70cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: April 2023

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Meaning & Analysis

I Fought the Law shows a photo-realistic black and white stencil figure of a man being pinned down by three other men, while a man in the foreground drinks what appears to be a bottle of beer. The man being pinned down by the group has just dropped a paintbrush covered in paint, with which he has graffitied ‘I Fought The Law And I Won’, on the wall behind them. The writing on the wall is a play on the infamous Clash song, ‘I Fought The Law and The Law Won.’

By subverting this phrase, Banksy makes a statement on how those who rise above the law and fight protocol are invariably knocked down by the jeering masses. Alternatively, it could be seen that, despite getting caught, the graffiti artist had already won – by writing on the wall, he had succeeded in getting his message out there despite what happened next. The positioning of the men in the image is a reversal of photographs capturing the assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan.