Monkey Queen is a series of signed and unsigned screenprints by the graffiti artist Banksy, released in 2003.
![monkey in a tiara on a mod style background](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/MonkeyqueenBanksy.jpg/220px-MonkeyqueenBanksy.jpg)
Banksy's Monkey Queen is an inflammatory portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The monkey is pictured in the Queen's jewels and her coiffed hair, in front of a mod-style target background. The work was released as a series of 150 signed and 600 unsigned screenprints.[1] A version of the work sold for £62,750 at Bonham's Banksy Online Sale in 2021[2]
References
edit- ^ "Banksy Monkey Queen | Meaning & History". Andipa Editions. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Bonhams : Banksy (born 1974) Monkey Queen Screenprint in colours, 2003, on wove paper, signed and numbered 77/750 in pencil, published by Pictures on Walls, London, the full sheet, in good condition, framedSheet 492 x 341mm. (19 3/8 x 13 3/8in.)". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 2023-10-19.