‘Cider Genetics’ (Bristol,
1999)
Aerosol Spray Paint on Metal Sheet
Size unframed: 40 x 40 cm.
Size framed: 55 x 55 cm. (15.75 x 15.75 in)
(Unique)
Estimate: 40,000
/ 60,000 euro
(Listed in the ‘Catalogue Raisonne of Banksy’s Street Art’, as No. 98)
DESCRIPTION
- ‘Cider Genetics’ depicts a bull preparing to
charge, his head poised menacingly. Wrapped around him is a monochrome
rainbow and underneath him is the text ‘Banksy Cider Genetics’. This early
stencil was used extensively by Banksy in and around the city of Bristol in
1999, and is believed to be the only survivor from that early ‘Cider
Genetics’ street series.
PROVENANCE
- The piece was sprayed onto a metal window shutter of the Cattle Market
Tavern in Bristol and was recovered prior to the building’s demolition. This
Art Work comes together with the remaining part of this metal window shutter.
FOOTNOTE
- The Cattle Market Tavern in Bristol was built in 1910 and was located
in Temple Gate behind Temple Meads train station. It was once the watering
hole of choice for workers from the nearby Royal Mail Sorting Office, but
after the sorting office moved to Filton, the pub’s business soon dried up
and it was closed in 1997. In May 2018, Bristol City Council demolished it
to help make way for the university’s new Temple Quarter campus.
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