Banksy Flower Thrower Round Road Sign, Weston-super-Mare Circa 2015, Maker Label, Edge Wear Noted
Banksy Flower Thrower Round Road Sign, Weston-super-Mare Circa 2015, Maker Label, Edge Wear Noted
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- Honest Wear
- As Found
Bruised but still throwing
For the collector who does not mind honest damage.
Best for: Street art collections with room for a large object
Condition notes
A dent and cracking to the left side, shown in the photographs. Otherwise street wear consistent with age.
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A circular sign sprayed white within a soft red rim, with the masked thrower in black; a dent and cracking are present on the left side.
The Piece
The figure and his red flowers fill the disc, and the name is stencilled low at the right. The left edge of the sign has taken a knock, with a bruise in the metal and fine cracks in the paint, shown closely in the photographs.
A Ringway Signs label for Weston-super-Mare is fixed to the back. The piece was found near that town about 2015.
The Image and Its Street Life
The masked figure caught in the act of hurling a bunch of flowers is perhaps the most reproduced protest image of the century. It was painted large on a wall in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in 2003, and it turns the posture of a riot into an offering. Road signs were among the first surfaces the artist used. An altered sign works twice: once as an order from the state, and once as the joke that undoes it. Signs made for English councils carry the label of their maker on the back, and that label is part of how these pieces are read.
Details
- Work: Flower Thrower
- Support: Aluminium road sign, circular
- Medium: Spray paint and stencil
- History: Near Weston-super-Mare, about 2015
- Marks: Ringway Signs label
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- A dent and cracking to the left side, shown in the photographs.
- Otherwise street wear consistent with age.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
This piece is offered as a street work by the artist on the strength of its recorded history, the marks it carries and the papers shown in the photographs. Pest Control, the office that speaks for the artist, does not certify works taken from the street, and no certificate from that office accompanies it. Collectors who wish to examine the history in full, or to arrange an independent opinion, are invited to write to the Desk before buying. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan in a rigid case and sent insured by express freight; because of its size the delivery charge is quoted and agreed with you before purchase. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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