BANKSY
Happy Chopper, 2005
Acrylic, stencil and spray-paint on canvas. 122 x 183 cm. (48 x 72 in).
Signed ‘Banksy' lower right. This work is from an edition of three. This work has been authenticated by Pest Control Office.
ESTIMATE £200,000-300,000 ♠‡
PROVENANCE Lazirides Inc., London
LITERATURE Banksy, Wall and Piece, London, 2005, pp. 40-41 (another version illustrated)
Most people think of art as a way of conveying emotions, as opposed to language, the means by which we express ideas. Whatever line there is distinguishing art and language, BANKSY paints over it to make it disappear, then stealthily repaints it in the unlikeliness of...
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