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Paranoid Pictures
Unsigned Spray Paint

Banksy

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Medium: Spray Paint

Edition size: 25

Year: 2008

Size: H 30cm x W 30cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Spray Paint

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Banksy's Paranoid Pictures from 2008, an unsigned spray paint artwork, is estimated to be worth between £300,000 and £460,000. This artwork has been sold 4 times at auction since its initial sale on 13th December 2007. There have been no sales in the last 12 months. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Christie's Amsterdam Netherlands
October 2016Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
July 2015Digard France
February 2014Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
December 2007Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

In this artwork, Banksy re-appropriates the logo by replacing the text ‘Paramount’ by the word ‘Paranoid’. Banksy keeps the same aesthetic for the logo, and even uses the same font, meaning that at first glance, it is not apparent that the artist has changed the name of the production company. Paranoid Pictures is the logo for the fictional production company created by Banksy. In 2010, the artist released a documentary film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, which premiered at Sundance and told the story of Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant in Los Angeles who was obsessed with street art.

Using a stencil and black and white spray paint, a characteristic feature of Banksy’s visual language, the artist reproduces the mountain, arch of stars, and curved font. Banksy adopted the stencil technique in the 1990s because it enabled him to produce graffiti drawings in a fraction of the time and evade being caught by the police or being spotted by onlookers.