Stencil spray paint and emulsion on canvas
Signed in stencil
76.5 by 76.5 cm.
30 1/8 by 30 1/8 in.
This work was executed in 2000, and is unique in its format.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.
Exhibited:
Bristol, Eat the Beat Records, Come on you Reds!, 2000
Bonhams
Auction 21831:
Post-War and Contemporary Art
17 Oct 2014 16:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
Sold for £86,500 inc. premium
The Come on you Reds! exhibition documented the stories and accompanying photographs from Bristol's Easton Cowboys football tour of Chiapas in Southern Mexico. The show ran from September 29th to October 30th 2000 and was held to support the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, a leftist political group based in Chiapas who were battling against the Mexican government. Banksy often played in goal for the Easton Cowboys and the photographs at Come on you Reds! were exhibited with a number of his politically charged paintings, such as the present wor
