Banksy Attributed Gross Domestic Product Rat Print, Croydon 2019 Newsprint Sheet In Gilt Frame, UV Acrylic
Banksy Attributed Gross Domestic Product Rat Print, Croydon 2019 Newsprint Sheet In Gilt Frame, UV Acrylic
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The rat that ran out of the shop
For the collector who values an object with a story of the street attached, already framed to museum standard.
Best for: Street art collections
Condition notes
Soft creasing across the sheet, as issued. A tear of about 2 mm at the margin, under the mount. Frame and glazing are clean.
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A running rat printed in black on newsprint, offered as one of the sheets handed to children outside Gross Domestic Product in Croydon in October 2019.
The Piece
The animal is caught mid stride, tail whipping behind it, in the broken, dry edged black of a stencil. The paper is thin and soft like a newspaper page and keeps the gentle creases of a sheet that was rolled and taped when given away. It has been float mounted beneath a cream mat with a gilded bevel, in a broad gold leaf style frame glazed with ultraviolet filtering acrylic, and a small brass plaque names the event.
A tear of about two millimetres at one edge, hidden by the mount, is the trace of the tape with which the roll was closed. The sheet measures 50 by 39 cm and the frame 66 by 51 cm.
Gross Domestic Product
For two weeks in October 2019 a disused carpet shop in Croydon became a showroom that never opened its doors. Behind the glass stood the stab vest, the cradle watched by cameras and the rugs made from a certain cartoon tiger; everything was sold online by ballot. On one weekend the staff passed rolled rat prints to children in the crowd, without warning and without a count, and those sheets have been followed closely ever since. Copies exist, so the papers and history of any example matter.
Details
- Subject: Running rat
- Medium: Print on newsprint
- Sheet: 50 x 39 cm (19.7 x 15.4 in)
- Frame: 66 x 51 cm (26 x 20 in), gilt, UV acrylic
- Year: 2019
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Soft creasing across the sheet, as issued.
- A tear of about 2 mm at the margin, under the mount.
- Frame and glazing are clean.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
This work is offered as attributed, on the strength of the papers that travel with it and which are shown in the photographs. It is not accompanied by a certificate from Pest Control, the only body that authenticates the artist. Collectors who require Pest Control documentation should write to the Desk before buying. It was acquired, by the account given, from a dealer in England within days of the event. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
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