Banksymade a name for himself in the early 1990s when he started spray - painting stencils around Bristol , England . Today he ’s one of the most prominent graffiti artists in the universe . Though he remains anonymous , his often politically - charged works draw immense crowds and sometimes betray formillions . Banksy ’s late bit headed to auction off , “ fight to Survive a Broken Heart , ” is unparalleled in that it captures an patent rivalry with other street artists .
harmonise toGuernsey ’s , the auction business firm selling the piece , the famous graffiti creative person paint a bandage - incubate red balloon on a storage warehouse construction in the Red Hook locality of Brooklyn , New York , in 2013 . Soon after , a different tagging program spray - painted over the balloon and wrote “ Omar NYC ” in red ink beside it on camera and in front of annoyed onlookers .
Under the signature , someone — some say Banksy in protest — stencil “ is a jealous little ” in white ink , and added “ girl ” in larger , pink letters . The revenge went further when the same person stenciled the seemingly snarky riposte “ I retrieve MY FIRST TAG ” in black . At some point a third graffiti creative person entered the picture , using empurpled paint to compose “ SHAN ” in big letters before they were hold on by security . If Banksy embellished the painting after it was blemish , this would be the only known instance where the British artist changed his work .
“ Battle to Survive a Broken Heart ” is a 6 - foot - by-9 - metrical unit , 7500 - Lebanese pound glob of the bulwark where the play went down . After sitting in storage for years , it will go up for auction on May 21 , 2025 . Guernsey ’s will sustain the auction in mortal at the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in New York and on-line atLiveAuctioneersandInvaluable . The piece ’s starting price is listed at $ 500,000 on both websites , and it ’s gauge to fetch between $ 1 million and $ 3 million .
Vassilios Georgiadis , the possessor of the original warehouse building , spend away due to heart disease four long time ago . Once they ’ve betray “ Battle to Survive a Broken Heart , ” his family plans to donate part of the proceeds to the American Heart Association in his honor .
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