DEATH NYC

Banksy "Girl with Balloon" × Murakami Flowers × Gucci Flora

Hand-Signed, Hand-Numbered Limited Edition Pop Art Print

What You Are Getting

An authentic, hand-signed Death NYC limited edition print mashing up three of the most marketable visual signatures in the world — Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" silhouette, Takashi Murakami's smiling rainbow flowers, and the Gucci Flora pattern originally designed by Vittorio Accornero in 1966 for Grace Kelly. The Banksy girl reaches up, but instead of the iconic red heart balloon, her balloon string is anchored to a cluster of grinning Murakami Kaikai Kiki flowers — the entire scene blooming over Gucci's lush botanical wallpaper. Pencil-signed by the artist and hand-numbered on heavyweight textured fine art paper.

Print Details

About the Work

The composition pulls from three artists who reshaped the relationship between high art and commerce. Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" first appeared as a 2002 stencil on London's South Bank and has since become one of the most-reproduced contemporary images in existence — culminating in the 2018 Sotheby's shredding incident, where the framed work self-destructed seconds after selling for £1.04 million. Death NYC swaps Banksy's heart balloon for Takashi Murakami's smiling rainbow flowers — Murakami's signature Kaikai Kiki motif and the visual cornerstone of his Superflat movement.

The backdrop is the Gucci Flora pattern, designed by Italian illustrator Vittorio Accornero in 1966 at the personal request of Grace Kelly when she visited the Gucci boutique in Milan. The print became one of the most enduring motifs in luxury fashion history. The piece reads as a quiet meditation on innocence, commercialism, and how every counter-cultural image eventually gets absorbed into the luxury machine — three artists, three eras, one composition.

About the Artist

Death NYC is an anonymous New York-based street and pop artist who has been releasing limited edition signed prints since the early 2010s. The work is defined by aggressive appropriation — Banksy, Murakami, KAWS, Haring, Basquiat, and luxury houses including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermès, and Gucci — recombined into single high-density compositions.

Death NYC editions are pencil-signed and hand-numbered, typically in editions of 45 or 100, and have been collected and resold across major secondary markets including Heritage Auctions, Artsy, and 1stDibs. For collectors who already own Banksy or Murakami originals, Death NYC works function as a high-density tribute and conversation piece — three artists, one sheet.

What Is Included

• One (1) authentic hand-signed Death NYC limited edition print
• Pencil signature lower right, edition number lower left
• Shipped flat in archival sleeve between two rigid backing boards
• Frame shown in photos is for display only and is not included

Shipping

Ships via UPS within 1–2 business days of cleared payment. Print is sandwiched between rigid backing boards inside a custom-fit, water-resistant flat mailer. Fully insured and tracked. International buyers welcome — please message before purchase for a quote.

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