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Queen Vic, 2003

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Queen Vic, 2003
Edition: 500 (50 signed)

‘Show your friends and colleagues your admiration for Britain’s greatest ever living monarch with this deluxe lesbian watersports fetish tableau.’


Queen Vic depicts the English monarch engaged in what seems to be an indecorous sexual act. Indeed, she is sitting on the face of another woman, a direct shot at Queen Victoria’s anti-gay beliefs. Both characters are realized in Banksy’s black and white stencil style against a regal red background. Queen Victoria is presented in full regalia with her crown and scepter, and the unexpected addition of suspenders, knee-high leather boots and a short skirt that exposes her upper thigh. Her partner is also wearing suspenders and high heels, her arms thrown back in submission. Queen Victoria, England’s monarch from 1837 until her death in 1901, allegedly stated publicly during her rein that “women cannot be gay,” and passed anti-gay laws to support this belief.
Banksy, Existencislism, May 2002
Banksy is well known for his criticism of the UK’s monarchy, power, and government, a recurring theme found in the artist’s body of work. In Monkey Queen, Banksy depicts Queen Elizabeth II as a chimpanzee, and in Turf War, Winston Churchill is seen sporting a bright green mohawk made to look like grass – the artist’s way of criticizing the constant battles for borders and territory Churchill inserted himself into in the name of colonialism.
Queen Vic, Wall and Piece, 2006
Queen Victoria, 2002
Oil on canvas in original artist’s frame, 36×36 inches (91.5×91.5 cm)
Santa’s Ghetto, London, December 2002
Queen Vic also appeared as a vinyl cover in 2008….
Queen and Cuntry – Don’t Stop Now, 2008

Offset print on record sleeve and vynil

DESCRIPTION

Queen Vic

Year: 2003
Medium: Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Size: 70×50 cm (27 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches)
Publisher: Pictures on Walls

Editions

Edition: 500 (of which 50 signed)

AUCTION RESULTS

FOR A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF AUCTION RESULTS
PLEASE CHECK BANKSY VALUE: EARLY PRINTS
YOU WILL ONLY FIND THE MOST RECENT AUCTION RESULTS BELOW

BANKSY VALUE: Early Prints (2002-2003)

 

Queen Vic (unsigned) already sold 4 times at auction in 2025.

Bonhams London: 16 April 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 10,880 / USD 14,360
BANKSY (born 1974)
Queen Vic (unsigned), 2003
Screenprint in colors
Numbered 236/500 in pencil

Christie’s online: 1 April 2025
Estimated: GBP 8,000 – 12,000
GBP 11,340 / USD 14,651

BANKSY
Queen Vic (unsigned), 2003
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Numbered 101 DN /500 in pencil
A duplicate number impression (only the first fifty were signed)

Tate Ward Auctions: 19 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 12,500 / USD 16,115

BANKSY (British 1974-)
‘Queen Victoria’ (unsigned), 2003
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Numbered from an edition of 500 in pencil

Forum Auctions: 5 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 10,000 – 15,000
GBP 8,000 (Hammer)
GBP 10,495 / USD 13,530

BANKSY (b.1974)
Queen Vic (unsigned), 2003
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Numbered from the edition of 500 in pencil

Queen Vic (signed) did not sell at auction in 2024. Queen Vic (signed) last sold at auction in 2023.

Bukowskis: 25 October 2023
Estimated: SEK 250,000 – 300,000
SEK 387,500 / GBP 28,631

BANKSY
Queen Vic (signed), 2003
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed and numbered 48/500 in pencil, lower right

 

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