THE CATALOGUE/PRINTS/Girl with Balloon and Morons Sepia, 2007

GIRL WITH BALLOON AND MORONS SEPIA, 2007

Year: 2007
Medium: Double-sided work on paper — Girl with Balloon: spray paint on paper · Morons Sepia: screenprint on paper
Sheet: 56.5 x 76 cm (22 1/4 x 29 7/8 inches)
Publisher: Pictures on Walls
Edition: 8 signed
Signature: Signed, numbered and dated lower right (e.g. “BANKSY 07 3/8”)

Girl with Balloon and Morons Sepia is among the rarest works Banksy produced on paper: a double-sided sheet issued in an edition of only eight. Each side carries a different technique and a different register. On one face, Girl with Balloon is hand-sprayed through the stencil. On the other, Morons Sepia is screenprinted.

The pairing brings together the two poles of Banksy's practice on a single sheet. Girl with Balloon is his most widely reproduced emblem of hope and loss; Morons is his most direct attack on the art market that trades in it. Holding both on one piece of paper means only one can ever be displayed at a time.

Recto — Girl with Balloon
Spray paint on paper

Verso — Morons Sepia
Screenprint on paper

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