Original stencil for 'Gangsta Rat aka 'Boom Box Rat' or Ghetto Blaster Rat'. This stencil ws used to paint the LIVE rat - see photo. Same small faults in the...
Original stencil for "Gangsta Rat aka "Boom Box Rat" or Ghetto Blaster Rat". This stencil ws used to paint the LIVE rat - see photo. Same small faults in the bling chain.
Liverpool, September 2004. From the raisonne:
One of a selection of pieces bruduced by Banksy in and around Liverpools Chinatown as an informal contribution to the 2004 Liverpool Biennale.
Litterature. Banksy Cut it Out - published by Banksy.
Catalog Raisonne of Banksy Street works - listed as catalog no. 858 - LIVE Rat.
Provenance. Harvey Haddock. Michael Cunningham.
Accompanied by a handwritten and signed letter from Harvey confirming the provenance.
This is
a non-studio work and is to be considered as "attributed" to. It
means to consider as made by the one indicated especially with the strong
evidence but in the absence of 100 % conclusive proof. Same goes for
barter traded works, gifted works from the artist. Works left behind at sites,
in friends’ apartments in the early years and so on.
The work
is not eligible for formal authentication at this current time.