Gauntlet Gallery — Invader Print Index
Low Res Mona Lisa
Work Summary & Collector Notes
"Low Res Mona Lisa" is a 2014 silkscreen by Invader, published by Gallery Target at 50 x 30 cm in a signed edition of 50. It reduces Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece to a deliberately coarse, pixelated grid, a hallmark Invader gesture that reframes a canonical painting through the low-resolution logic of early digital imagery.
Collector notes: Legacy catalog record: 50. Signed.
Why It Matters
The "low res" treatment is one of Invader's most conceptually pointed motifs, and the Mona Lisa is its most recognisable target. Published by Gallery Target in an edition of 50, this print distils the artist's ongoing dialogue between fine-art history and pixel culture into a single, widely legible image with strong collector recognition.
Collector Perspective
Collectors value the concept as much as the object: the Mona Lisa rendered in blocky pixels is instantly readable and emblematic of Invader's practice. The edition of 50 keeps it scarce, and the Gallery Target Japanese provenance is clear. The 50 x 30 cm vertical coordinates with its sibling prints, while signature and condition govern desirability on the archival sheet.
Historical Context
Invader has long applied a "Low Res" filter to art-historical icons, translating oil paintings into the coarse grids of early screen graphics. This 2014 Gallery Target release targets Leonardo's Mona Lisa, arguably the most reproduced painting in history. The gesture extends the appropriation lineage of Duchamp and Warhol into a distinctly 8-bit, digital-age idiom.
Documented Release Details
- Object type
- Editioned print
- Release date
- 2014-05-20
- Release-date note
- Catalog-listed release date; verify against the original publisher record when available.
- Series
- Gallery Target 2014
- Medium and materials
- Medium: Silkscreen.
- Edition details
- Legacy catalog record: 50.
- Signature and marks
- Signed.
Documented History and Meaning
Release context: Legacy catalog record attributes the edition to Gallery Target.
Authentication, Presentation and Provenance
- Original presentation
- Original packaging or presentation not independently documented in the sources reviewed.
- Authentication note
- Compare the physical example with the documented signature, numbering, printer/publisher marks, dimensions, support and edition structure. A matching number or seller-issued certificate alone does not authenticate a copy.
- Provenance note
- Edition origin is attributed to Gallery Target. Copy-level provenance is separate: retain invoices, labels, prior ownership records and condition photographs for the specific example.
Sources and Verification
Verification status: Mixed: secondary release record with primary series context
- Legacy release record — Art Collectorz · secondary catalog · Accessed 2026-07-11 · Starting record for title, release date, edition, dimensions, medium, and original-release details; requires primary-source confirmation where noted.
- INVADER: Prints on Paper — International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) · museum / catalogue context · Accessed 2026-07-11 · Museum record for the exhibition and 2001–2020 prints-on-paper catalogue raisonné; not an individual-copy certificate.
FAQ
What is the concept behind the print?
It reinterprets Leonardo's Mona Lisa as a deliberately coarse, low-resolution pixel grid, a signature Invader device.
How large is the edition?
A signed edition of 50.
Who published it and when?
Gallery Target, Tokyo, in 2014.
What are the dimensions?
50 x 30 cm, printed vertically as a silkscreen.
