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Banksy

Crude Oil (Vettriano)

VAT reduced rateArtist's Resale Right

Estimate

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

Lot Details

Description

Banksy

b. 1974


Crude Oil (Vettriano)

tagged (lower right); signed, partially titled and dated Oct 2005 (on the overturn edge)

oil on canvas, in artist’s frame

canvas: 91 by 122 cm. 35⅞ by 48 in.

Executed in 2005.

 

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued before 2020. In accordance with Pest Control Office regulations an updated certificate is due to be issued.

Private Collection, London (acquired directly from the artist)

Private Collection, London

Acquired from the above in 2011 by the present owner

Louise Jury, "Rats to the Arts Establishment," The Independent, 14 October 2005, p. 13, illustrated in colour

John Higginson, "A warning for the ratist in residence," Metro, 14 October 2005, p. 29, illustrated in colour

Waldemar Januszczak, "Who’s afraid of the big bad guy?" The Sunday Times, 16 October 2005, pp. 8-9, illustrated in colour

Ulrich Blanché, Banksy: Urban Art in a Material World, Marburg 2016, pp. 121-22, illustrated

Kelly Grovier, How Banksy Saved Art History, London 2024, p. 180, 182-83, illustrated in colour; and p. 196, illustrated

London, 100 Westbourne Grove, Crude Oils: A Gallery of Re-mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism and Vermin, October 2005