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Banksy — Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape
Banksy

Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape

2012

This celebrated work by Banksy superimposes his signature Girl with Balloon stencil onto a found vintage oil landscape painting, creating a striking juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary art. Part of the Crude Oil series, in which Banksy reimagined antique oil paintings with his own subversive imagery, the piece features a young girl reaching toward a drifting red heart shaped balloon against a monochromatic wilderness scene. The work sold at Fair Warning New York for $18,000,000, against a presale estimate of $13,000,000 to $18,000,000, marking it as Banksy's third highest price achieved at auction. The iconic motif was first stencilled on a London wall in 2002 and has since become one of the most recognisable images in contemporary art.

Medium
Oil and spray paint on canvas

Notes

Part of Banksy's Crude Oil series. Estimate was $13,000,000 to $18,000,000. Sale represents Banksy's third highest price at auction. Image credit: Sotheby's and Dominic Robinson. The Girl with Balloon motif was first stencilled on a London wall in 2002.

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Banksy, Girl and Balloon on Found Landscape, 2012

This celebrated work by Banksy superimposes his signature Girl with Balloon stencil onto a found vintage oil landscape painting, creating a striking juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary art. Part of the Crude Oil series, in which Banksy reimagined antique oil paintings with his own subversive imagery, the piece features a young girl reaching toward a drifting red heart shaped balloon against a monochromatic wilderness scene. The work sold at Fair Warning New York for $18,000,000, against a presale estimate of $13,000,000 to $18,000,000, marking it as Banksy's third highest price achieved at auction. The iconic motif was first stencilled on a London wall in 2002 and has since become one of the most recognisable images in contemporary art.

Medium
Oil and spray paint on canvas
Year
2012
Seen at
Fair Warning New York

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