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The edition
Artist
Banksy
Title
Flying Copper
Year
2003
Publisher
Pictures on Walls
Medium
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Edition size
Signed edition of 150; unsigned edition of 600; 63 APs with a pink background; 8 APs with a pink face.
Totals
150 signed · 600 unsigned
Sheet
38 1/2 × 26 5/8 in
Paper
wove paper
Signature
Signed: signed and dated in black ink, numbered in pencil. Unsigned: pencil number and POW blindstamp. The pink APs are signed outside the numbered run.
Printer
Pictures on Walls
Catalogue
Flying Copper — Pest Control
About
A riot cop with angel wings and a smiley face where his head should be. The figure debuted at Turf War, the warehouse show Banksy staged in east London in the summer of 2003, and a line of them was later painted along Shoreditch Bridge. One panel from that installation was cut out and stolen, which became the plot of the 2012 documentary How to Sell a Banksy. This is the largest sheet in the early POW catalogue; framing costs and condition issues scale with it.
