Banksy Rat Clock (Signed) For Sale

About this work

Banksy remains the most culturally pervasive street artist of his generation, commanding both critical attention and extraordinary auction results while maintaining the anonymity that has become central to his mythology. His work occupies a rare position at the intersection of populist appeal and institutional validation, with pieces regularly achieving seven-figure sums at major auction houses worldwide. Rat Clock (Signed) exemplifies Banksy's long-standing engagement with the rat as a personal emblem and subversive symbol. The rat has appeared throughout his career as an avatar for society's overlooked and underestimated—creatures that exist in the margins yet possess an undeniable resilience. By transposing this figure onto a functional wall clock, Banksy collapses the boundary between art object and domestic item, a gesture that recalls his persistent interrogation of value, commerce, and the spaces art is permitted to inhabit. Released in 2019 through Gross Domestic Product, the artist's satirical homewares venture, this edition of 150 emerged from Banksy's response to a greeting card company's attempt to trademark his imagery. The project transformed legal necessity into pointed commentary, offering authenticated works through a shop front in Croydon while critiquing the mechanisms of intellectual property and consumer culture. Each signed piece from this limited release carries both the artist's hand and the conceptual weight of its origins. The work measures 18 by 18 inches and represents an increasingly scarce opportunity to acquire a signed Banksy multiple from a historically significant project. For acquisition inquiries, please contact Guy Hepner.