You can take it to the Banksy.
“Crazy Horse,” an aerosol painting executed on a car door in Manhattan by the enigmatic, world-famous street artist will go under the hammer Feb. 22 — and could fetch $200,000.
It was done near the corner of Ludlow and Stanton streets on the Lower East Side, and consisted of two vehicles behind a locked fence that were painted with “stampeding horses bearing down on a huddled group of terrified people.”
The October 2013 installation included a phone number through which callers could hear audio clips from a 2007 Apache airstrike in Baghdad that reportedly killed two Reuters correspondents.
The Apache helicopter bore the call-sign “Crazy Horse 18.”
The car door was previously sold at auction for about $75,000 by someone who didn’t own the car, but had acquired the part, said the auctioneer.
The piece was part of Banksy’s highly-publicized Gotham residency, “Better Out Than In.”
The work is accompanied by a custom-built display stand with a paint-splattered traffic cone from the installation, and will headline the “Street Art” sale staged by Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills, Calif.
“This captivating stencil painting not only encapsulates the raw energy of New York City but also reflects Banksy’s unparalleled ability to merge social commentary with artistic brilliance,” said Darren Julien, CEO of the auction house.
on metal door mounted in an acrylic shadowbox frame. Julienâs Auctions
Banksy boosters with deep pockets can also vie for “Gangsta Rat Live,” an aerosol on metal door mounted in an acrylic shadowbox frame valued between $80,000 and $100,000.
The painting was limned on a British Telecom street box in Liverpool, England, circa 2004.
Also up for bid is “Turf War-Police Van Chimp,” an aerosol painting on glass, which was part of the artist’s “Turf War” exhibition staged in an abandoned London warehouse in the summer of 2003.
The piece is valued at between $100,000-$200,000.
Banksy — who rose to prominence in the late 90s — has remained anonymous despite his distinctive street art and high-profile hijinks, such as shredding his infamous “Girl with Balloon” immediately after being auctioned for $1.4 million.
Julien’s billed the upcoming “Street Art” auction — which includes pieces from cutting-edge artists Invader, RETNA, and Jamie Reid — at Mr. Brainwash Art Museum in Beverly Hills — as “a curated collection of some of the most important and revolutionary works created originally in the shadows, on the streets and walls of urban public spaces.”