Lot #157: BANKSY - Di-faced Tenner - Color offset lithograph

     

Artist: Banksy (English, b. c1973-75 | Active 1990 - Present).
Title: "Di-faced Tenner".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 2004. Printed 2004.
Dimensions: Overall size: 3 x 5 11/16 in. (76 x 144 mm).
Lot Note(s): Edition not specified. White wove "banknote" paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: James Allen (proprietor of "Cult Jones") to our consignor - a letter of authenticity from Gary Mitchell, then proprietor of "tomtom postwar art & design," accompanies the lot. Comment(s): Per the LOA, the work was executed by Banksy in 2004 and retailed at the 'Santa's Ghetto' exhibition in London the same year. The copyright © for this work may or may not be owned by Banksy, who once opined that “copyright is for losers.”. [30336-1-1600]