Banksy (b1974) ‘Peckham Rock - Shopping Trolleys’, Ist Ed, Cork Wooden Postcard, Authentication,2018

Banksy (b1974) ‘Peckham Rock - Shopping Trolleys’, Ist Ed, Cork Wooden Postcard, Authentication,2018

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Banksy (b1974) ‘Peckham Rock - Shopping Trolleys’, Ist Edition Cork Wooden Postcard, Authentication, 2018

Description - Framed, Banksy Authorised 18x13cm ‘Peckham Rock - Shopping Trolleys’ 2018, Ist Edition Cork Wooden Postcard with provenance and original British mueseum receipt copy.

Title - Banksy Wooden Postcard Issued by the British Museum under license from Banksy.
About the Art - “Authentic with Purchase Provenance”. NOT a reissue which is smaller in size.
Condition - In Great as new condition, stored since 2018 in frame.
This is an affordable Banksy investment piece, which was licensed by Banksy to the British Museum.
Dimensions - The Postcard Measures - 7 x 4 3/4 in (18 x 12) cm and is made of Cork Card.
Edition - From the first 2018 print run.
Provenance - All the Provenance paperwork from point of Order email to delivery note in 2018. Peckham Rock just seems to increase in price. Including original receipt copy.

The sale includes the original price label and barcode and there is lots of paperwork including -

The British Museum delivery note –
The British Museum order note and conformation email, which only adds to the provenance and future value.

British Museum purchase receipt.

“This finely preserved example of primitive art dates from the Post-Catatonic era and is thought to depict early man venturing towards the out-of-town hunting grounds. The artist responsible is known to have created a substantial body of work across the South East of England under the moniker Banksymus Maximus but little else is known about him. Most art of this type has unfortunately not survived. The majority is destroyed by zealous municipal officials who fail to recognize the artistic merit and historical value of daubing on walls.”

The Banksy ‘Licensed’ Cork commemorative wooden postcard issued by ‘The British Museum’ is a faithfully copy of Banksys “shopping trolleys” the Concrete art installed and erroneously displayed by Banksy at The British Museum.

Between October 2003 and May 2005, Banksy walked into some of the most highly regarded and significant museums in London and New-York in order to place some of his artworks. Of course, as is always the case with Banksy, it was not just any artwork – each was meticulously prepared to send a very specific message.

In May 2005, Banksy installed a piece of concrete in the British Museum’s Roman Britain Gallery. The concrete piece depicted a crudely drawn, primitive caveman with a shopping cart in the foreground and a buffalo that has been wounded by two arrows in the background.

Entitled “Peckham Rock,” the installation mimicked standard museum practice with a label that had a title, description, and even a fake identification (accession) number.

Banksy‘s placement was so good, in fact, that the piece remained on display for three days before the museum took notice, and only after reading about the stunt through Banksy’s own website.

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