Lot 457
  • 457

BANKSY | Barcode Leopard

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Banksy
  • Barcode Leopard
  • stenciled with the artist's name 
  • spray paint and emulsion on canvas
  • 23 5/8 by 33 1/2 in. 60 by 85 cm.
  • Executed in 2002.

Provenance

Lazarides Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of faint, scattered hairline cracking throughout the surface. There is a visible demarcation where the canvas was stretched over the stretcher bar, consistent with the artist's working method. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss."

Banksy

This work is accompanied by a Pest Control certificate.