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Banksy Chocolate Donut (Signed) For Sale
Banksy
Chocolate Donut (Signed), 2009
Screen print
22 x 29 7/8 in56 x 76 cm
Edition
Edition of 299
About this work
Banksy's Donut print series is a lesser-known but equally intriguing facet of the mysterious street artist's extensive body of work. This series, like much of Banksy's art, blends the everyday with the unexpected to create a thought-provoking statement. The Donut prints were released in two versions: Donut Chocolate and Donut Strawberry, each featuring a distinct color scheme.In these prints, Banksy depicts a quintessential American police car with a giant donut resting on its roof. The image is rendered in Banksy's signature stenciled style, with a keen attention to detail and a characteristic blend of humor and social commentary. The police car is shown in a typical urban setting, but the absurdity of the oversized donut sitting atop it creates a striking and humorous image.The Donut prints were released in limited editions and quickly became sought-after pieces in the art market. As with most of Banksy's work, the series is notable for its ability to convey deeper meanings through seemingly simple images, inviting viewers to ponder the underlying messages behind the whimsical facade.Banksy's art is often characterized by its elusive and satirical nature, and the Donut series is no exception. Through this series, Banksy continues his tradition of challenging viewers to question and think critically about the world around them, using humor and irony as his tools of choice.
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Auction History
Donuts Chocolate · Banksy · Sotheby's · 2021-03 · $187,381
Donuts (Chocolate) · Banksy · Bonhams · 2021-02 · $166,950
Donuts (Chocolate) · Banksy · Christie's · 2022-03 · $154,322
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About the Donuts Series
Banksy Donuts Prints For Sale
Created in 2009, Banksy's Donuts series represents a pivotal moment in the artist's exploration of consumer culture and institutional critique. The series, which includes the highly coveted Chocolate Donut (Signed) and Strawberry Donut (Signed), exemplifies Banksy's ability to transform seemingly innocuous imagery into powerful social commentary. These works emerged during a period when the artist was increasingly focused on the commodification of art itself, using the instantly recognizable donut motif as both subject and symbol. The vibrant, hyper-saturated imagery stands in deliberate contrast to Banksy's typically monochromatic street work, demonstrating the artist's versatility across mediums while maintaining his signature subversive edge.
Executed as screenprints, the Donuts series showcases Banksy's technical mastery of the medium that has defined much of his studio practice. Each work features meticulous color registration and rich, commercial-grade pigmentation that deliberately evokes mass-produced advertising imagery. The signed editions are particularly significant within Banksy's oeuvre, as the artist's authenticated works represent only a fraction of his total output. The presence of Banksy's signature—a rare gesture for an artist who typically operates anonymously—substantially elevates both the provenance and collectibility of these pieces. The choice of donuts as subject matter speaks to broader themes of superficial gratification, corporate manipulation, and the empty calories of consumer capitalism that have long preoccupied the artist's practice.
From a market perspective, the Donuts series occupies an important position within Banksy's printmaking canon. Signed examples command significant premiums over unsigned variants, with institutional and private collectors actively pursuing these works for their accessibility relative to Banksy's monumental installations and original canvases. The 2009 date places these works within the artist's mature period, following his emergence as a global phenomenon but preceding the record-breaking auction results that would further cement his position as one of the most commercially successful living artists. As Banksy's market continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and growth, early signed series like the Donuts remain cornerstone acquisitions for serious collectors.
Guy Hepner is your source for authentic Banksy artworks, specializing in verified pieces 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.