Hi All,

I'm looking for the current valuation of:

David Shrigley
Life Is Fantastic (2016)
Edition of 125
Eight colour screen print on Somerset Tub Sized 410 gsm paper. Produced by K2 Screen, London.
76 x 60 cm (30 x 23.6 in)
Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist

Its unframed, stored flat in the original Counter Editions famous packaging.

Any ideas please?

cheers!

Oh dear, that's not very encouraging....

If you are buying from his representing gallery, the price is the price.

$5k can get you a 50*70cm painting on paper.

Thank you both, that’s helpful.

No idea of price, but I think this is one of his best prints and so regret not getting one on release.

Hello,
I have a David Shrigley print that I purchased many years ago from a company called 'Pictures on Walls,' but they have since closed shop. I'm trying to best determine the value of this print.

The photo shows an imprint on the bottom left, which looks to be an imprint from an embosser that Pictures on Walls used. I haven't been able to find this print or any information for it anywhere online.

Thank you for your time and any information you can provide on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated.

They were known for printing original Banksy prints before he became what he is now.

Here is an article about them:

www.juxtapoz.com/news/street-art/feature-a-history-of-pictures-on-walls-london-s-legendary-street-art-print-shop/


Obviously, I regret not buying the Banksy print for £150 instead when I had the chance

Thanks everyone for sharing this information. Perhaps I can contact them directly to see about what possible authentication processes there are for prints or perhaps one of the galleries representing him to get further information as well. Thanks Again!

You are correct about the Pictures On Walls ("POW") embossed stamp (also known as a blind stamp or a chop).

This work is called Really Bad — the third and final David Shrigley screenprint released by POW, after Time To Choose and Bananarama. I believe it came out in 2007.

Really Bad is from an unsigned, open edition. But by the end of 2008, it also ceased being available for purchase. My understanding is the initial prints were numbered by POW, and that later copies were left unnumbered.

The price at the time was £55.00.


Screenshot of the relevant POW web page from mid-2008:





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Shrigley was an anomaly at POW in that, unlike the company's other artists, his prints were neither signed nor limited editions.

Most probably, this was at the behest of Shrigley himself, or down to restrictions he had agreed with his other representatives, notably Stephen Friedman Gallery in London.

The idea may have been to create a clear separation between Shrigley's releases through POW (unsigned, unlimited prints, but financially accessible), and his higher-end works (signed, unique or limited-edition pieces, but significantly more expensive). Such a distinction would have helped to ensure the POW prints did not undermine confidence or cause jitters within Shrigley's so-called fine art market.


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As for current financial value, the last sale I'm aware of was at Chiswick Auctions on 11 June 2021.

That print was numbered, unframed, and came with an email receipt of purchase. It seems to have hammered for £800 (£1,000 with buyer's premium)*:





In my view, for an unsigned Shrigley, the above result is somewhat on the high side. No idea how many collectors were bidding, but the winning bidder could well have been influenced by the auction house's anchoring — since the estimate was set at £1,000–£1,500.


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Additional background:


The original artwork looks to have been a drawing on paper from 2006, which was later digitally altered for the POW screenprint. See for example the number of bombs and positioning of the speech bubbles. Sorry about the small image size:






At least three landscape format versions were created as well by Shrigley, for postcard releases and other licensing purposes. Unlike the POW screenprint, the landscape format appears to be called, Untitled (Don't worry):


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Shrigley also tweeted the image on 3 December 2015, when he referred to it as "Bombing..."*:








Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.





I would suggest that seeking official authentication of your Really Bad print is unnecessary.

It's a step unlikely to be required at present by any auction house, gallery or dealer accepting this work on consignment, due to the relatively low value and minimal risk of inauthenticity.

David Shrigley - You will not stop me from singing my song (2021)
What can be the actual price for this recent print ?
Thanks!

One of my all-time favourite POW releases.



But these screenprints were also unsigned. And unlimited, i.e. not part of a limited edition.

What you therefore have is a fake Shrigley signature. And a fake edition number.

Perhaps you are a fraudster, or one of the previous owners (e.g. the person who sold it to you) is the fraudster.

Either way, as far as I'm concerned (and notwithstanding the apparently-genuine blindstamp), this print is sadly fucked.

Met is correct these were not signed