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I Fought The Law - Unsigned Print by Banksy 2004 - MyArtBroker

I Fought The Law
Unsigned Print

Banksy

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70 x 70cm, Edition of 500, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 500
Year: 2004
Size: H 70cm x W 70cm
Signed: No
Format: Unsigned Print
Last Auction: April 2025
Value Trend:
-8% AAGR

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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2025
Christie's London
United Kingdom
£9,350
£11,000
£13,860
December 2024
Tradart Deauville
France
December 2024
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
October 2024
Sotheby's New York
United States
March 2024
Christie's London
United Kingdom
January 2024
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
August 2023
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
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The value of Banksy's I Fought The Law (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £5,000 and £15,000. Over the past 12 months, 4 works have been sold with an average selling price of £9,874. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £8,200 in December 2024 to £37,000 in December 2020. This artwork has shown an average annual growth rate of -7%. This screenprint has an impressive auction history, having been sold 43 times since its entry to the market in September 2011. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 500.

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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 orange 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.

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Banksy I Fought The Law, 2004

Based on footage of the 1981 failed assassination attempt on President Reagan, I fought the Law is one of Banksy’s more politically charged works. Pictures on Walls released the screen print in 2004 as editions of just 150 signed and 500 unsigned. Banksy also created 32 artist’s proofs, eight each of the four colours: orange, pink, yellow and red.

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