Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction
Signed Print
Banksy
£70,000-£100,000
$140,000-$200,000 Value Indicator
$130,000-$180,000 Value Indicator
¥630,000-¥900,000 Value Indicator
€80,000-€120,000 Value Indicator
$680,000-$970,000 Value Indicator
¥13,470,000-¥19,240,000 Value Indicator
$90,000-$120,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 150
Year: 2004
Size: H 50cm x W 70cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2022 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2021 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2021 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2021 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2021 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2020 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Banksy's 2004 Pulp Fiction signed screen print edition of 150 is a playful, monochromatic reimagination of Quentin Tarantino’s neo-noir classic. Substituting John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson’s guns for yellow bananas as weapons, Banksy offers a quirky take on the cultish nature of film and art.
Pulp Fiction is a bold, striking black and white piece clearly informed by the neo-noir aesthetic of Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 cult film of the same title. The artwork shows Pulp Fiction actors John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson pointing bright yellow bananas at an out of shot antagonist which in the film were of course real guns. Through this interpretation, Banksy makes an anti-gun and anti-violence statement using popular culture and American cult cinema as his effective context. The movie Pulp Fiction, as well as Tarantino’s trademark style as a whole is known for excessive violence, and so with this print Banksy might just be commenting on the ridiculousness of that in itself. Other famous artworks such as Love Is In The Air depicting a masked protester throwing a bouquet of flowers, express a similarly powerful call for peaceful resolutions of conflict.
