The Rude Lord, 2006
Oil on canvas in original artist’s frame
88.6 x 76.8 cm (35 x 30 1/4 inches)
Unique
Sotheby’s London: 12 October 2007
GBP 322,900
Exhibited
Barely Legal, Los Angeles, 2006
“If you want to survive as a graffiti writer when you go indoors I figured your only option is to carry on painting over things that don’t belong to you there either.”
The Rude Lord is based on an 18th Century portrait by Thomas Beach that Banksy defaced by overpainting a flip-off middle finger. The legend says Banksy bought the original at auction for GBP 2,000.
