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 · Dec 2017NT$3,120,000≈ $103,990≈ £77,098≈ €87,497Sign up to see
Smack !(Life is beautiful)Ravenel · Dec 2019NT$1,440,000≈ $47,174≈ £36,470≈ €42,956Sign up to see
Broken RecordsStrauss & Co · Mar 2025ZAR 655,000≈ $35,540≈ £27,493≈ €32,817Sign up to see

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Art is Not a Crime (blue), 2021
Sculpture
6½ h x 8¼ w x 1¾ d in (17 x 21 x 4 cm)
Rago Auctions · Dec 15, 2021 · Lot 372
$1,250≈ £943≈ €1,110Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Balloon Girl, 2021
Screenprint · Paper
50.40 x 40.20cm (19.8 x 15.8in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 30, 2021 · Lot 62
€6,000≈ $6,818≈ £5,110HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
Everyday Life, 2020
Screenprint · Paper · ed. 1/1
77 x 57½cm (30.3 x 22.6in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Nov 30, 2021 · Lot 76
€10,000≈ $11,363≈ £8,517HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
Happy Birthday Madonna
Screenprint · Paper
57 by 57cm excluding frame; 94 by 88,5 by 4cm including frame
Strauss & Co · Nov 8, 2021 · Lot 72
ZAR 170,700≈ $11,377≈ £8,399≈ €9,826Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 150,000–200,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
Never, Never Give Up
Screenprint · Paper
76½ x 57cm (30.1 x 22.4in)
Morgan O'Driscoll · Oct 26, 2021 · Lot 55
€13,000≈ $15,103≈ £10,943HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
Full of Hearts, 2021
Screenprint
38¼ h x 50 w in (97 x 127 cm)
Rago Auctions · Oct 13, 2021 · Lot 357
$6,144≈ £4,511≈ €5,314Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Everyday Life, 2015
Acrylic · Canvas
50 h x 37¾ w in (127 x 96 cm)
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2021 · Lot 385
$21,250≈ £15,762≈ €18,234Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Juxtapose, 2017
Mixed media · Paper
38 h x 49¾ w in (97 x 126 cm)
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2021 · Lot 387
$8,750≈ £6,490≈ €7,508Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Life is Beautiful (Marilyn), 2016
Acrylic · Canvas
30 h x 30 w in (76 x 76 cm)
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2021 · Lot 389
$11,875≈ £8,808≈ €10,190Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $7,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗
Balloon Girl, c. 2019
Mixed media · Paper
22 h x 22¼ w in (56 x 57 cm)
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2021 · Lot 426
$4,750≈ £3,523≈ €4,076Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–View at Rago Auctions ↗

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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

on the reverse47
lower right6
in the margin3
lower left2
in the plate1
upper right1

Form

signed119
signed and dated6
signed in pencil3

Signed bottom left, in pencil, "Mr Brainshwash"; numbered bottom right, in pencil, „78/80“ — Bitcoin, Artmark, Nov 11, 2025
Signed, inscribed and dated '2021 Mr Brainwash No. X60471357H' on the reverse — Balloon Girl, Phillips, Sep 19, 2023
Signed "Mr. Brainwash" left edge; further signed and inscribed "life is beautiful Mr. Brainwash" on the reverse — Star Wars Reunion, Phillips, Sep 30, 2020

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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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