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Gangsta Rat (AP green) - Signed Print by Banksy 2004 - MyArtBroker

Gangsta Rat (AP green)
Signed Print

Banksy

£60,000-£90,000Value Indicator

$120,000-$180,000 Value Indicator

$110,000-$160,000 Value Indicator

¥540,000-¥810,000 Value Indicator

70,000-110,000 Value Indicator

$580,000-$870,000 Value Indicator

¥11,540,000-¥17,310,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

-9% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 20

Year: 2004

Size: H 50cm x W 35cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Banksy's Gangsta Rat (AP green) (signed) is a screenprint from 2004, with an estimated value between £60,000 and £90,000. This artwork has an auction history of one sale on 17th August 2022. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £44,265 in July 2017 to £81,295 in March 2022. The average annual growth rate of this piece is -9%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 20.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
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August 2022Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Gangsta Rat (AP green) is largely monochrome print in Banksy’s iconic spray-stencil style, portraying a rat sitting next to a boombox. The character is wearing accessories typical of “gangster” street wear, such as a New York Mets baseball cap, an ear piercing and a long chain with a medal. There is a green tag behind the rat saying “IPOWS” as the central splash of colour on the image. This is Banksy’s ironic nod to the ubiquity of Apple products and POW is a reference to the artist’s print publisher: Pictures on Walls. The rat character portrayed is reminiscent of the New York underground style that was prevalent across the UK in the 1980s and 90s, and also draws inspiration from the French graffiti artist Blek Le Rat, who originally started using rats as a symbol and is often called the Grandfather of stencil graffiti.

Banksy also reproduced Gangsta Rat as a mural in Farringdon in 2004, in Old Street in 2006 and New York City in 2013 on the occasion of the artist’s painting residency: Better Out Than In. Much like other artworks from the Rat series, such as Love Rat and Radar Rat, Gangsta Rat is a very popular print both in its unsigned and signed editions.

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