Provenance
WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Private Collection, Vienne (acquired from the above in 2003)
Sotheby's, London, 9 March 2017, lot 243
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Vienna, WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Bad Press, 26 June - 26 July 2003 (exhibited)
Artist Biography
Banksy
British • 1975 - N/A
Anonymous street artist Banksy first turned to graffiti as a miserable fourteen year old disillusioned with school. Inspired by the thriving graffiti community in his home city, Bristol, Banksy's works began appearing on trains and walls in 1993, and by 2001 his blocky, spray-painted works had cropped up all over the United Kingdom. Typically crafting his images with spray paint and cardboard stencils, Banksy is able to achieve a meticulous level of detail. His aesthetic is clean and instantly readable due to his knack for reducing complex political and social statements to simple visual elements.

His graffiti, paintings and screenprints use whimsy and humour to satirically critique war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed — with not even the Royal family safe from his anti-establishment wit.
View More Works

1

Banksy

Smiling Copper

stencil spray paints and acrylic on corrugated cardboard
200 x 78 cm (78 3/4 x 30 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2003, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control.

Estimate On Request

Banksy: Authentic Rebel

Taipei Exhibition 16 March - 24 March 2019

1
Banksy
Smiling Copper
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
2
Banksy
CCCP
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
3
Banksy
Love Rat
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
4
Banksy
Laugh Now
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
5
Banksy
Girl with Balloon
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
6
Banksy
Pulp Fiction
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
7
Banksy
Turn Right or Get Shot
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
8
Banksy
Smiley Copper Panel C
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
9
Banksy
Because I'm Worthless
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
10
Banksy
London, New York, Bristol (Heavy Weaponry)
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
11
Banksy
Abe Lincoln
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
12
Banksy
Laugh Now Door B
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
13
Banksy
Bacchus At The Seaside
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
14
This lot is no longer available.
15
Banksy
Smiley Copper H
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
16
Banksy
Family Target
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
17
Banksy
Avon & Somerset Constabulary (Pink)
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
18
Banksy
Chequebook Vandalism
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
19
Banksy
Morons
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
20
Banksy
Barcode
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
21
Banksy
CND Soldiers
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
22
Banksy
Weston Super Mare
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
23
Banksy
Donuts Strawberry
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
24
This lot is no longer available.
25
Banksy
Trolleys
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
26
Banksy
Choose Your Weapon - Bright Pink
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
27
Banksy
Monkey Queen
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
28
Banksy
Happy Chopper
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
29
Banksy
Jack & Jill
Estimate HK$102,000 - 0
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
30
Banksy
Soup Can (Original)
Estimate On Request
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

Banksy: Authentic Rebel

Taipei Exhibition 16 March - 24 March 2019

Create your first list.

Provenance

Exhibited

Artist Biography

Banksy

1

Banksy

Smiling Copper

Banksy: Authentic Rebel

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.