Banksy - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, December 11, 2013 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London 12 December 2013 2pm & 6pm

  • 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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Banksy

Gold Flag

2007
Screenprint in black and gold, on smooth wove metallic paper, the full sheet,
S. 50 x 70 cm (19 5/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
signed in black felt-tip pen, and numbered 67/112 in black felt-tip pen on the reverse (there were also 20 artist's proofs), published by Pictures on Walls, London (with their blindstamp), with accompnying certificate of authenticity in good condition, framed.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ♠

Sold for £3,750

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Robert Kennan
Editions, London
rkennan@phillips.com
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Evening & Day Editions

London 12 December 2013 2pm & 6pm