Banksy, Laugh Now (Unsigned), 2002

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied to communicate with you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.

Screen print on paper

70 x 50 cm.
27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.

Edition of 600

Numbered. Unsigned
Pest Control COA

£25,000 - £35,000 GBP

This is an unsigned edition of one of Banksy’s most iconic motifs. Standing upright, shoulders slumped with its head bowed, perhaps beaten into submission, the message 'Laugh now but one...

This is an unsigned edition of one of Banksy’s most iconic motifs. Standing upright, shoulders slumped with its head bowed, perhaps beaten into submission, the message "Laugh now but one day we’ll be in charge" challenges our notions of human superiority with an evolutionary counterpoint—the monkey. In this piece, humanity asserts its dominance, imprinting its presence through stencil board and text, while relegating the monkey, and by extension nature itself, to a mere backdrop. Laugh Now is both provocative and comedic, employing Banksy's trademark wit with finesse. The enigmatic text hints at a looming revolution among the monkeys, evoking echoes of the classic dystopian tale, Planet of the Apes.

Obras

Interests *

Banksy