{"product_id":"banksy-welcome-to-hell-rat-round-road-sign-north-somerset-circa-2013-weston-super-mare-maker-label-8825","title":"Banksy Welcome To Hell Rat Round Road Sign, North Somerset Circa 2013, Weston-super-Mare Maker Label","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA circular no entry style sign on which a rat with a peace pendant holds up a placard lettered Welcome to Hell in red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe disc is sprayed white over a red rim, with the pale bar of the original sign still visible across the middle. The rat stands at the right, sprayed in black, and the placard above it carries the words in running red paint. The name is stencilled along the lower edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the back is a Ringway Signs label for Weston-super-Mare. The piece was found near North Somerset about 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Image and Its Street Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rat holding a placard that reads Welcome to Hell is among the best known of the placard rodents. It appeared on walls in London in the early 2000s and was later issued as a print, the small animal acting as doorman to the modern city. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork:\u003c\/strong\u003e Welcome To Hell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSupport:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aluminium road sign, circular\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spray paint and stencil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistory:\u003c\/strong\u003e North Somerset, England, about 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarks:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ringway Signs label, Weston-super-Mare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKept as it left the street: weather, scratches, old fixings and paint loss are part of its history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo restoration is noted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (good)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked 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 \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a particular artist, image or edition? 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