Banksy
"Gangsta Rat - Live" Liverpool Stencil Painting, with Book
Estimate
$80,000 - $100,000
Sold Price
$190,500
Artist: Banksy (British, 1974)
Title: "Gangsta Rat - Live"
Year: Circa 2004
Medium: aerosol on metal door - mounted in an acrylic shadowbox frame
An original Banksy aerosol painting, featuring a rat with a boombox below the word "Live," reportedly executed on a British Telecom street box in Liverpool, England, during the 2004 Liverpool Biennial contemporary art festival.
The artwork was documented in the Banky's own publication, "Cut It Out" (Paranoid Pictures, 2004).
Accompanied by a copy of the book.
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