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Di-Faced Tenner (10 pound bank note)2004
2004
About the Item
Di-Faced Tenner:
Published by Santa's Ghetto, London, for the 2004 Banksy exhibition - Banksy also made a whole briefcase full of these historic, and much fabled 10 pound 'bank notes', and 'made them rain' at the Reading and Notting Hill festivals, as well as London's Liverpool Street Tube station.
Offset lithograph in colors on paper.
2.9 x 5.6 inches.
Very good overall condition, with perhaps just some minor signs of handling.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Banksy is a contemporary British street artist and activist who, despite his international fame, has maintained an anonymous identity. Aimed as a form of cultural criticism, the artist often targets established social and political agendas with his witty illustrations produced with stencils and spray paint in cities such as New Orleans, New York, and Paris. “The art world is the biggest joke,” he said. “It’s a rest home of the over privileged, the pretentious, and the weak.” Although details of the artist’s life are largely unknown, it is thought that Banksy was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, c. 1974, starting his career as a graffiti artist in the city. Better Out Than In, Banksy’s month-long residency in New York during October 2013, featured a man hawking the artist’s paintings for $60 a piece outside Central Park. In 2015, Banksy opened Dismaland Bemusement Park, a temporary art exhibition that functioned as a theme park. After a 36-day run, its workers and materials were sent to the Calais migrant camp in France to build additional housing. Among the artist's most famous stunts include his shredded painting: When a painting by Banksy was sold at auction for $1.4 million in 2018, a mechanism was triggered to cause the artwork to partially destroy itself, resulting in a new piece titled Love in the Bin (2018). The ongoing question as to who Banksy is continued to reach the headlines when in 2017 Robert Del Naja, the singer of the band Massive Attack, was falsely rumored to be Banksy.
- Creation Year:2004
- Dimensions:Height: 2.875 in (7.31 cm)Width: 5.6 in (14.23 cm)
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- After:Banksy
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- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354315093372
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