BANKSY (British, b.1974)
Bird Grenade, 2002
Spray paint on plaster board
Dimensions: 90×90 cm (36×36 inches)
Mounted in wooden and glazed box
Provenance
Richard Duardo, Modern Multiples, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by Jamie Wood
Exhibited
Vanina Holasek Gallery, New York City, 2007
Auction History
| Hessink’s 26 November 2020 Est.: EUR 150,000 – 200,000 |
Price Realized EUR 170,000 (Hammer) EUR 212,500 / USD 241,870 Lot 22 – BANKSY (British, b.1974) |
Catalogue Note
Bird and Grenade was sprayed by Banksy on a plaster column at the Libros Revolucion Los Angeles in 2002.
This object comes with a handwritten letter from Michael Slate, host of The Michael Slate Show, a weekly public affairs show on KPFK FM, the Pacifica Network station in Los Angeles, in which he declare that he was present while Banksy created the Bird Grenade on a column at the Libros Revolucion in Los Angeles in the autumn of 2002.
It also comes with a handwritten letter from Man Matsuer of the organization ‘The Artist Network of Refuse’ at Los Angeles, who writes.
