BANKSY
Paranoid Pictures, 2003
Spray paint on canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm (12×12 inches)
Tagged ‘BANKSY’ (on the turnover edge)
Signed, numbered and dated ‘5⁄25 2003 BANKSY!’ (on the stretcher)
This work is number five from an edition of twenty five plus one artist’s proof
Provenance
Lazarides Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
Auction History
Christie’s London: 7 March 2026
Estimated: GBP 50,000 – 70,000
GBP 266,700 / USD 356,285
BANKSY, Paranoid Pictures | Christie’s
Paranoid Pictures is a stencil on canvas work which illustrates the logo chosen by Banksy for a fictional production company for Exit Through The Gift Shop, an Oscar-nominated biographical documentary starring Thierry Guetta, also known as Mr. Brainwash. It is an obvious appropriation of the well-known logo of Paramount Pictures.
Paramount Pictures is the fifth oldest film studio in the world, the second oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the only member of the “Big Five” film studios still located in the city of Los Angeles.