Banksy Keep It Real small canvas

[gimmeabreak]

That actually might be real. Ha.

[kjg]

Nov 11, 2020 22:15:10 GMT 1 lilbull said:

Nov 11, 2020 22:08:13 GMT 1 kjg said:

I will make one myself to gift to my friend👍🏻

wait until I have heard back from pest control before you make anymore dodgy versions else they will get suspicious hahaha! 

I will tag it kjg, so nobody will take it for a real one!

[Sundowner]

I really hope this turns out to be the real deal...

[Terry Fuckwitt]

There was a forum member that owned one of these, but I think he sold it a few years back. He would definitely be able to help. If what op is saying is all genuine, then my money says its real. 

Photo from Santa's Ghetto

[Lroy]

Nov 11, 2020 21:17:09 GMT 1 Terry Fuckwitt said:

Nov 11, 2020 21:12:55 GMT 1 lilbull said:

Thats why i'm hesitant in throwing a hundred quid away on pest control if its a total wrongun haha

PC is free if the piece is fake. It's like those Mot's, Fail it's Free, Pass you Pay👍
Great username by the way🤣

That’s right, I emailed then 2 or 3 times with fake signed posters or canvas, they answered me kindly, little few hours after :
It’s absolutely not by Banksy « .
I said thank you and that’s all... :-)

This one seems a bit quick realised but who knows: with a stencil you have to be quick ; one spray can pschiiiiiitttt... and hop, it’s done !
Your story was cool to read.


Édit : ( is anybody sent me a burglar with a black cap in my flat ? I took a photo anyway - good night )

[stereodista]

It’s legit, innit! (Or maybe not, but to ditch the schadenfreude, hope so!)

[Dive Jedi]

It would the coolest ever to find this.

But looking at both pieces, I'm afraid it's a copy.
Monkey is done quite well actually. But the letters don't match up....

[Terry Fuckwitt]

Nov 11, 2020 22:44:33 GMT 1 Dive Jedi said:

It would the coolest ever to find this.

But looking at both pieces, I'm afraid it's a copy.
Monkey is done quite well actually. But the letters don't match up....

There are a few of these out there, so there will be slight differences.

[avec art]

dunno the serif lettering looks ok to me. There is a slight margin of error when using a stencil a few times anyway. Need to see straight on for an accurate comparison

[ubl]

Looks painted and smudged to me rather then a stencil. But who knows...

[avec art]

it's stencil. Spray has dispersed on the word 'real'. Under the armpits (which you would expect as the stencil here would be just a point of card which is not joined to anything). Those are the main giveaways

[trowel]

The white gaps in the red around the monkey look very similar (but slightly different) to this image in the Andipa archive:
andipa.com/artist/banksy/keep-it-real



And here's one sold at Bonhams a few years back:
www.bonhams.com/auctions/24226/lot/22/



The quality of the canvas frame looks far better than I'd expect from a fake canvas...

...so I'll give you £20 for it yeah?

[ubl]

I agree with under his arms.  Just the shoulders look like they have really sharp edges, thick layered paint...   Also on the original the red is spray painted, while you can see brushstrokes in the other...  Better pictures would be good.

[stereodista]

Nov 11, 2020 23:27:17 GMT 1 biggie said:

The back of the canvas is spot on, apart from one thing

Haha, how could you do this to us!!

[gd79]

Poor sod. He won't be getting much sleep until pc respond...

I hope it pays off! Good luck

[slevin]

It actually looks quite promising. Just a bit neater compared to the others but worth a PC check.

[iamzero]

Piss taking aside it looks to me that on the car boot version the white inside the monkey has been painted white. The photos I have of a confirmed Banksy one of these relies on the bare gesso canvas for that.

[viz]

Good luck, miracles sometimes happen!
A gift to the lady who sold it to you would be nice, she's going to be pretty sad if it comes out to be real...

[eyectopus]

Nov 11, 2020 23:35:47 GMT 1 iamzero said:

Piss taking aside it looks to me that on the car boot version the white inside the monkey has been painted white. The photos I have of a confirmed Banksy one of these relies on the bare gesso canvas for that.

Wasnt there condition issues with some of these due to the primer/gesso or lack of canvas prep? Or was that other pieces from this time? I recall some having the small cracks and needing restoration.

[Majestic]

I really hope this is the keep it real deal.

[Majestic]

I'll be here all night.

[avant]

Amazing if real!

[ststwalls]

Just for putting so many doubts here your money has been well spent.
Any one of us would have taken it and thought for a moment that it was an original.
Congratulation in any case

[avec art]

Nov 11, 2020 22:50:52 GMT 1 Romulus said:

I’d be wary of sharing more detailed photos on here until you’ve got it checked out. Good luck! Amazing if it was real. Where was the car boot sale? (I ask this out if interest, not in the hope of finding another one)

hundreds of oddballs descend on sleepy seaside town, milling around charity shops and jumble sales

[illicey]

A lot of things look right on that. It could well be the best 105 pounds you will ever spend.
Just an opinion but it looks pretty solid. The lack of overspray would be my one concern as the majority of these (as I recall) had thicker layering. 
They were also from an edition so you might have expected a number on the back of the frame. But the colour stencil, condition (given the backstory against age) and back of the canvas look good. 

[medichead]

£5 buy. Free to check. Nothing to lose.

Great find either way - keep us posted!

[inefficiency of]

When I first saw this post, I was waiting for the found next to a bin in shoreditch line, but this one is actually pretty exciting. Fingers crossed. 🙌🏻

[sleazus1slord]

I like the story and look of it, def try to get a PC or sell it to one of us so we can try.

[Lroy]

Nov 12, 2020 0:50:53 GMT 1 goose said:

Nov 11, 2020 22:27:18 GMT 1 Sundowner said:

I really hope this turns out to be the real deal...

I do as well - people are quick to jump on and say it's fake but no one has a clue - other than Banksy himself.  Good luck !!

I founded that on this ones, most have been fair, quiet and respectful, not falling in the usual bad tongue, because envy jealousy or just to criticize, this is pretty cool.
Anyway only PC will know. I repeat , just send them s mail they will answer for free.

[Deleted]

Man, I hope this is real.

Fingers crossed for you.