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Banksy Christ With Shopping Bags (Signed) For Sale
Banksy
Christ With Shopping Bags (Signed), 2004
Screen print
27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in 70 x 50 cm
Edition
Edition of 82
About this work
Banksy, the elusive and pseudonymous street artist, has gained international acclaim for his thought-provoking and often politically charged artwork. While Banksy is primarily known for his public murals and installations, he has also ventured into the world of prints, allowing a wider audience to access and appreciate his work. Banksy prints are reproductions of the artist's original creations, typically made using various printmaking techniques such as screen printing or lithography. These prints serve as a means for Banksy to reach a broader audience beyond those who can encounter his street art in person. They also offer an opportunity for art enthusiasts to own a piece of Banksy's work without having to acquire a large-scale mural or installation. One of the most famous Banksy prints is arguably "Girl with a Balloon," which features a young girl reaching out toward a red, heart-shaped balloon. This image has become iconic and has been reproduced in various forms, including prints. Another notable print is "Flower Thrower," depicting a rioter preparing to throw a bunch of flowers instead of a Molotov cocktail. Banksy's prints often carry a strong message or commentary on societal issues, combining humor, wit, and social critique. The limited edition nature of Banksy prints adds to their allure. Many of his prints are released in limited quantities, contributing to their collectible and valuable status. The limited availability, combined with Banksy's mysterious identity, has led to a significant demand for his prints in the art market. However, the authenticity of Banksy prints can be a subject of scrutiny due to the prevalence of unauthorized reproductions. To address this, Banksy's authentication body, Pest Control, was established to verify the authenticity of his works. Pest Control issues certificates of authenticity for authorized Banksy prints, helping collectors ensure the legitimacy of their acquisitions. Banksy's prints play a crucial role in making his art more accessible to a wider audience, bridging the gap between street art and traditional art markets. The popularity and significance of Banksy prints highlight the enduring impact of his thought-provoking and socially relevant imagery, making him a notable and influential figure in the contemporary art scene.
Price on Application
Auction History
Christ with Shopping Bags · Banksy · Christie's · 2020-09 · $222,681
Christ with Shopping Bags · Banksy · Christie's · 2022-09 · $114,333
Christ With Shopping Bags · Banksy · Sotheby's · 2024-09 · $63,228
Christ with Shopping Bags · Banksy · Christie's · 2019-02 · $47,500
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About the Christ with Shopping Bags Series
Banksy Christ with Shopping Bags Prints For Sale
Christ with Shopping Bags represents one of Banksy's most theologically and culturally provocative works, merging religious iconography with contemporary consumer culture in a powerful visual commentary. Created in 2004 during a pivotal period in Banksy's career, this series depicts Jesus Christ carrying shopping bags emblazoned with luxury brand logos, transforming the sacred figure into a symbol of modern materialism. The work exemplifies Banksy's signature approach: using immediately accessible imagery to deliver complex social critique, questioning the commodification of faith and the replacement of spiritual values with consumerist ideology in Western society.
Technically, the series showcases Banksy's masterful command of screenprint methodology, executed with the precision and layered complexity that defines his most collectible works. The composition draws from classical Christian art while subverting its meaning through contemporary commercial symbols, creating a deliberate tension between reverence and irreverence. The signed editions from 2004 represent particularly significant examples, as works bearing Banksy's authentication from this breakthrough period have demonstrated exceptional market performance and continue to appreciate substantially at auction. This era marked Banksy's transition from underground phenomenon to internationally recognized contemporary artist, making authenticated pieces from this timeframe especially desirable.
From a collectability standpoint, Christ with Shopping Bags occupies a crucial position within Banksy's oeuvre, combining religious commentary—a recurring theme throughout his career—with the anti-capitalist messaging that resonates strongly with contemporary collectors. The work's cultural relevance has only intensified over the past two decades as conversations around consumption, inequality, and institutional critique have moved to the forefront of contemporary discourse. Signed examples from the original 2004 release are increasingly scarce in the market, as many have entered permanent private collections or institutional holdings.
For discerning collectors seeking museum-quality works with both immediate visual impact and substantive cultural commentary, Christ with Shopping Bags represents an exceptional acquisition opportunity. The series encapsulates Banksy's most compelling attributes: technical excellence, provocative messaging, and enduring cultural significance.
Guy Hepner is a trusted source for authenticated Banksy works, including rare signed editions from the artist's most significant series.
About Banksy
Banksy prints for sale at Guy Hepner include authenticated signed and unsigned editions: Girl with Balloon, Choose Your Weapon, Tesco Soup Cans, Fragile, Laugh Now, and Flower Thrower. Buy Banksy prints in New York through our gallery at 177 Tenth Avenue — all works sourced with full provenance and authentication documentation. We also buy Banksy art and offer free valuations for sellers.
Banksy is the world’s most celebrated anonymous street artist — a figure whose identity remains unknown but whose visual language is instantly recognisable across continents. Emerging from the Bristol graffiti scene in the early 1990s, Banksy developed a stencil-based technique that allowed rapid, precise execution on walls, bridges, and public surfaces from London and New York to Gaza and the West Bank. His work fuses dark humour, political provocation, and formal rigour in a way that has made him equally at home on the street and in the auction room. Today, Banksy art for sale represents one of the most dynamic and hotly contested segments of the contemporary secondary market.
Banksy Art For Sale
Banksy art for sale encompasses original spray-painted canvases, unique works on board, signed and unsigned print editions, and — on rare occasions — documented wall works sold with photographic authentication. The breadth of subjects he has addressed is remarkable: consumer capitalism (Tesco Soup Cans, Trolley Hunters), celebrity culture (Kate Moss, Andy Warhol), surveillance and control (Radar Rat, CCTV Watching), and hope and fragility (Girl with Balloon, Fragile).
The benchmark auction event in Banksy’s market history remains the October 2018 Sotheby’s London sale, when Girl with Balloon — having just sold for £1.04 million — was partially shredded by a device concealed in the frame, becoming Love is in the Bin. The reconstituted work subsequently sold in October 2021 for £18.5 million, underscoring the extraordinary commercial power of Banksy’s interventions and the appetite of the global collector base for his most iconic imagery.
Banksy Paintings For Sale
Banksy paintings for sale — unique spray-painted works on canvas or board — are the rarest and most valuable category of his output. These works, typically produced in small numbers for specific shows or commissions, carry full documentation from Pest Control and have appeared at auction with results ranging from six to eight figures. Choose Your Weapon, Monkey Parliament, and large-format stencil canvases from his early 2000s output represent the apex of private collector demand.
Provenance is paramount for Banksy paintings. Unbroken ownership history from first sale through to the present day, combined with a current Pest Control certificate, is the minimum standard for any serious acquisition. Works without this documentation carry substantial authentication risk regardless of visual appearance.
Banksy Prints: Signed vs Unsigned
Banksy print editions form the most accessible and widely traded category of his market. Published through his own distribution channels and in very limited numbers, these screenprints exist in signed and unsigned variants — a distinction that has a significant impact on value. Signed editions — with Banksy’s hand signature — command multiples of two to five times comparable unsigned editions in the same print run.
Key print series sought by collectors include: Girl with Balloon (multiple colourways), Choose Your Weapon, Kate Moss, Tesco Soup Cans, Fragile, Radar Rat, Flower Thrower, and Di-Faced Tenners. Edition sizes vary from as few as 150 to several hundred, and sell-through rates at auction confirm strong secondary demand across all major series.
Banksy Authentication: Pest Control
Pest Control is Banksy’s official authentication body and the only organisation authorised to certify works as genuine. When you buy Banksy prints or original art, a current Pest Control Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is the non-negotiable standard. The COA features a torn currency note — half retained by Pest Control, half with the work — as a security measure, and is registered against a specific edition and owner.
At Guy Hepner Gallery, every Banksy work offered for sale is accompanied by Pest Control documentation. We do not offer works without verified authentication, and our team is available to guide collectors through the acquisition process, including condition reporting, framing recommendations, and insurance valuation.
Ready to buy Banksy art? Contact Guy Hepner to explore our current inventory of authenticated Banksy prints and original works.