Smiling Copper
Year: 2003
Medium: Spray paint and acrylic on shaped cardboard
Dimensions: 200×79 cm (78-3/4 x 31-1/8 inches)
Edition
Unknown size (approximately 10)
Each piece is unique
Signature and Numbering
Unsigned and Unnumbered
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From the unnumbered edition |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 Unnumbered |
| Provenance WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Private Collection, acquired from the above in 2003 Sotheby’s, London, 6 October 2018, lot 213 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner |
| Exhibited Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 25 June-25 July 2003 |
Auction History
| Phillips London 26 June 2026 Est.: GBP 60,000 – 80,000 | Price Realized GBP 122,550 / USD 164,175 Banksy Contemporary Art Sale |
REPEAT SALE
| Sotheby’s London 6 October 2018 Est.: GBP 50,000 – 70,000 | Price Realized GBP 262,000 / USD 341,925 (#213) BANKSY | Smiling Copper |
Supplementary Pictures
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| Smiling Copper, 2003 From the unnumbered edition |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 Unnumbered series of 10 |
| Provenance WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria Acquired from the above by present owner in 2003 |
| Exhibited Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 25 June-25 July 2003 |
Auction History
| Christie’s Hong-Kong 23 November 2019 Est.: HKD 3,500,000 – 4,500,000 | Price Realized HKD 3,725,000 / USD 476,000 Smiling Copper | Christie’s |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From the unnumbered edition |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From an unnumbered edition |
| Provenance WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Acquired from the above by the present owner |
| Exhibited Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 25 June-25 July 2003 |
Auction History
| Sotheby’s London 11 April 2018 Est.: GBP 30,000 – 40,000 | Price Realized GBP 137,500 / USD 194,915 (#23) BANKSY | Smiling Copper |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From the unnumbered edition |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From an unnumbered edition |
| Provenance WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Private Collection, New York |
| Exhibited Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 25 June-25 July 2003 |
Auction History
| Sotheby’s New-York 1 March 2018 Est.: USD 40,000 – 60,000 | Price Realized USD 187,500 (#237) BANKSY | Smiling Copper |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From the unnumbered edition |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From an unnumbered edition |
| Provenance WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003 |
| Exhibited Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 25 June-25 July 2003 |
Auction History
| Sotheby’s London 9 March 2017 Est.: GBP 20,000 – 30,000 | Price Realized GBP 100,000 / USD 121,560 (#243) Banksy |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From the unnumbered edition |
| Smiling Copper, 2003 From a series of 10 |
| Provenance WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria Acquired from the above by present owner in 2003 |
| Exhibited Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 25 June-25 July 2003 |
Auction History
| Christie’s London 12 September 2012 Est.: GBP 18,000 – 22,000 | Price Realized GBP 22,500 / USD 36,230 Smiling Copper | Christie’s |
