Thierry Guetta
American · b. 1966
Thierry Guetta, best known by his moniker Mr. Brainwash, is a French-born Los Angeles–based street artist. He is of Tunisian Jewish ancestry. According to the 2010… (Wikipedia)
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Chapin-Life is BeautifulRavenel · NT$3,120,000≈ $103,990≈ £77,098≈ €87,497Sign up to see
Smack !(Life is beautiful)Ravenel · NT$1,440,000≈ $47,174≈ £36,470≈ €42,956Sign up to see
Broken RecordsStrauss & Co · ZAR 655,000≈ $35,540≈ £27,493≈ €32,817Sign up to see
Thierry Guetta’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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401 results · page 10 of 11
- Madonna, 2009Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $15,000–
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €3,000–5,000
- Artist Within, 2022Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 150,000–200,000
- BB The Icon, 2014Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 250,000–350,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$16,000–26,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,000–
- King of Rock (Gold), 2017Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,500–
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. ZAR 900,000–1,200,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–400
Also offered, result not published (6)
Lots by Thierry Guetta that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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Thierry Guetta signature
128 catalogued lots by Thierry Guetta record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (78% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Signed bottom left, in pencil, "Mr Brainshwash"; numbered bottom right, in pencil, „78/80“
— Bitcoin, Artmark, Nov 11, 2025Signed, inscribed and dated '2021 Mr Brainwash No. X60471357H' on the reverse
— Balloon Girl, Phillips, Sep 19, 2023Signed "Mr. Brainwash" left edge; further signed and inscribed "life is beautiful Mr. Brainwash" on the reverse
— Star Wars Reunion, Phillips, Sep 30, 2020
About Thierry Guetta
Thierry Guetta, best known by his moniker Mr. Brainwash, is a French-born Los Angeles–based street artist. He is of Tunisian Jewish ancestry. According to the 2010 Banksy-directed film Exit Through the Gift Shop, Guetta was a proprietor of a used clothing store, and amateur videographer who was first introduced to street art by his cousin, the street artist Invader, in 1999 and who filmed street artists such as Shephard Fairey through the 2000s and became an artist in his own right in a matter of weeks after an off-hand suggestion from Banksy.
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