A uncommon Banksy art work, hand-painted by the elusive avenue artist and owned by musician Mark Hoppus, heads to public sale on Tuesday with a value estimate of as much as $6.35 million.
“Crude Oil (Vettriano)” is Banksy’s re-imagining of the 1992 portray “The Singing Butler” by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, whose demise was introduced on Monday.
It depicts Vettriano’s butler serenading a dancing couple on a seashore, with Banksy’s addition of a sinking oil liner and two figures in hazmat fits shifting a barrel of poisonous waste within the background.
The portray, purchased by the co-founder of pop-punk band blink-182 Hoppus and his spouse Skye in 2011, is being supplied at Sotheby’s London “Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction”, with an estimate of $3.81 million – $6.35 million.
“It was first exhibited in (Banksy’s) landmark exhibition in Notting Hill in 2005, which really propelled him into the public sphere,” Mackie Hayden-Cook dinner, specialist, modern artwork at Sotheby’s, instructed Reuters.
“It’s rare for a work of this quality to come to market, and this one really has all the best ingredients. A fabulous owner, it’s hand-painted, impeccable exhibition history, and its subject is more urgent now than ever before.”
Talking earlier than information of Vettriano’s demise, she linked Banksy’s determination to re-imagine his work to the parallels between the 2 artists on the time.
“Like Banksy, you have a really, really popular artist that is loved by the masses and appreciated by many. But for whatever reason, he was snubbed by the art world,” Hayden-Cook dinner mentioned.
Hoppus mentioned a part of the sale proceeds would go to medical charities and the California Hearth Basis, following the Los Angeles wildfires.
He and his spouse additionally intend to purchase new artwork.
“Coming up in punk rock, it was always the ethos that if your band got any success, you brought your friends up with you,” he instructed Reuters on Sunday.
“So with this art sale, I hope to take some of the money and put it back into the art community with up-and-coming artists that we’re inspired by and just continue that…I want to be a punk rock Medici.”
