Another two Banksy canvases at Bonhams 22nd Oct

[pollz66]

They're coming thick and fast now. Two more Banksy canvases - including Weston Super Mare - at Bonhams Post War and Contemporary on 22nd Oct

www.bonhams.com/auctions/25973/

[Rubberneck]

Isn’t WSM a diptych?

[pr.yu]

Yes, that seems lonely.

[kfroms]

Oct 8, 2020 18:10:14 GMT 1 Rubberneck said:

Isn’t WSM a diptych?

The left panel will be sold at a later stage.
Smart seller - with prices rising so fast I would do the same.

[Deleted]

Oct 8, 2020 18:18:57 GMT 1 kfroms said:

Oct 8, 2020 18:10:14 GMT 1 Rubberneck said:

Isn’t WSM a diptych?

The left panel will be sold at a later stage.
Smart seller - with prices rising so fast I would do the same.

Destroying his street art... now his originals 😂

[tonys]

Oct 8, 2020 18:10:14 GMT 1 Rubberneck said:

Isn’t WSM a diptych?

The wife got the other panel in the divorce. Life imitating art etc

[mose]

Oct 8, 2020 18:18:57 GMT 1 kfroms said:

Oct 8, 2020 18:10:14 GMT 1 Rubberneck said:

Isn’t WSM a diptych?

The left panel will be sold at a later stage.
Smart seller - with prices rising so fast I would do the same.

Don't know if this is accurate.  This work was original sold at auction in 2006 as a single panel.

It subsequently got PC certification, which I don't believe they would give to a busted diptych.

original auction: www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2006/contemporary-art-w06708/lot.560.html

[Rubberneck]

Oct 8, 2020 18:49:51 GMT 1 mose said:

Oct 8, 2020 18:18:57 GMT 1 kfroms said:

The left panel will be sold at a later stage.
Smart seller - with prices rising so fast I would do the same.

Don't know if this is accurate.  This work was original sold at auction in 2006 as a single panel.

It subsequently got PC certification, which I don't believe they would give to a busted diptych.

No I shouldn’t think they would ..however it would be no less of a Banksy painting.  I’ve definitely seen a diptych version of WSM and without the circular saw it’s just an oap on a bench, could be having a lovely day not just living by the sea in a dead end town until they die 

[iamzero]

I agree that with the ripsaw blade the piece has no real meaning. I’m out...

[Winter]

Doesn’t work without the other half. Would be like having Girl with Balloon without the balloon. Or the girl.

[pauls]

If we had a balloon we could have a girl with balloon. If we had a girl.

[Dice]

If it was meant to have the right half I wonder why he signed it bottom right of the left canvas. That would put the signature in the middle which is a bit weird

[JJN]

They actually sold the other 1/2 while back...

Very odd

[cmc]

Interesting to see the evolution of this work, it looks like this piece in the auction is the original version without the saw blade? (or as stated below a rejected version)

Its states 1999 as the year it was made.

Then in 2000 exhibited at the Severnshed show:

Followed by the third and final version? in 2003:

[avec art]

I think this one was rejected because the spray wasn't strong enough to mask the background on the legs. Yet still quite nice none the less so it was tagged/signed.

[cmc]

Makes more sense than my half baked theory...the image doesn't really do anything without the blade!

edit: its obviously an image with a message but much more nuanced and subtle, the abject loneliness of an English resort town in the winter. Perhaps that's why it was signed anyway... a happy accident of sorts.

[Winter]

I’d drop it off at Pest Control and get them to ask Banksy to spray in the blade. Can’t imagine it would take long and Banksy wouldn’t have the worry of knowing there’s a silly painting with his name on.

[nex]

Oct 9, 2020 10:26:41 GMT 1 cmc said:

Interesting to see the evolution of this work, it looks like this piece in the auction is the original version without the saw blade?

Its states 1999 as the year it was made.

Then in 2000 exhibited at the Severnshed show:

Followed by the third and final version? in 2003:

 thanks for putting up that 'progression', seeing these early works always gives me a sense of nostalgia for simpler times.

[pollz66]

Interesting timing as these will go to auction the day after Show Me The Monet goes under the hammer at Sothebys.

[avec art]

I think that's called exquisite timing

[Deleted]

Oh My God - £855,062 (inc fees)
Weston Super Mare - £747,062 (inc fees)

[eyectopus]

Oct 22, 2020 19:34:46 GMT 1 @yorky said:

Oh My God - £855,062 (inc fees)
Weston Super Mare - £747,062 (inc fees)

The Oh My God is one of my favorite Banksy pieces. It is a large piece, has the drips, text, stencil, on found metal etc. and is a great piece to end the Wall and Piece book. For me personally it is more typical Banksy than some of pieces that have achieved much higher prices and one I would much rather have on the wall.

[vernaxley]

Oct 23, 2020 13:39:38 GMT 1 toshspice said:

Oct 22, 2020 20:09:00 GMT 1 derivitive said:

Banksy hypebeasts, where you at? Originals going for less than prints?

WSM not a bad price for half a painting. Wonder what the full dyptich would have made?

Wondering what this lot would have made if they weren't at Bonhams......

[Newar]

Nice WSM was bought at 9,000 GBP in 2006 by the owner