Contemporary Art Evening Auction

Contemporary Art Evening Auction

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Property From a Distinguished Private Collection, London

BANKSY | SHOW ME THE MONET

Auction Closed

October 21, 07:16 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000,000 - 5,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property From a Distinguished Private Collection, London

BANKSY

b. 1974

SHOW ME THE MONET 


signed

oil on canvas, in artist's frame

framed: 143.1 by 143.4 cm. 56⅜ by 56½ in.

Executed in 2005. 


This work is accompanied by a Pest Control Certificate of Authenticity. 

Steve Lazarides, London (acquired directly from the artist)

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2005

Banksy, Banksy: Wall and Piece, London 2005, p. 167, illustrated in colour

Morgan Falconer, ‘Give me Monet, that’s what I want’, Times2 - The Times, p. 22, illustrated in colour

Luke Leitch, ‘More Rodent than Rodin’, Evening Standard, 13 October 2005, n.p. (text)

Louise Jury, ‘Rats to the Arts Establishment’, The Independent, 14 October 2005, p. 12, illustrated in colour

John Higginson, ‘A Warning For the Ratist in Residence’, Metro, 14 October 2005, p. 29, illustrated in colour (installation view, Crude Oils, 100 Westbourne Grove, London, 2005)

Paul Gallagher, ‘I’ve Had an Art Attack: Graffiti Artist Updates Famous Old Paintings’, Daily Mirror, 15 October 2005, p. 10 (text)

Waldemar Januszczak, ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Guy?’, The Sunday Times, 16 October 2005, p. 8, illustrated in colour (installation view, Crude Oils, 100 Westbourne Grove, London, 2005)

Melanie Gerlis, ‘A Banksy Holiday Crowd-Puller’, The Financial Times, 9 July 2018, n.p., illustrated in colour