Banksy - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Hang-Up Gallery, London
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2020

  • 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.

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signed and dated 'BANKSY 07' lower right; numbered '274/300' lower left
screen print on paper
image 51 x 70.5 cm (20 1/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
sheet 56.5 x 75.9 cm (22 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)

Executed in 2007, this work is number 274 from an edition of 300, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control.

Estimate
£50,000 - 70,000 

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 29 June 2022