Lot #527: BANKSY - Rude Snowman - Color offset lithograph

     

Artist: Banksy (English, b. c1973-75 | Active 1990 - Present).
Title: "Rude Snowman".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 2006. Printed 2006.
Dimensions: Overall size: (unfolded) 11 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (289 x 175 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $800
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,200/1,500
Lot Note(s): Sgned in the plate by Banksy with his tag. Edition not specified, probably small. Printed on white wove textured paper. The full sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition.
Comment(s): Steve Lazarides, at his Laz Emporium website on August 18, 2021, offered another example of this object for £3,000 ($4,125). The auctioneer Tate Ward, London, sold an example at a hammer price of £3,000 on Dec 09, 2020, lot #37. The work is a Christmas card from Banksy’s 2006 “Santa’s Ghetto” exhibition, held in a temporary art gallery and amusement arcade located on Oxford Street in London. The image is a parody of Raymond Briggs's "The Snowman" character. In fact, Banksy added Raymond Briggs's signature to the example in the show. The copyright © for this work may or may not be owned by Banksy, who once opined that “copyright is for losers.”. [30355-1-800-NA]