Banksy - Avon en Somerset Constabulary - Sold

Steve Lazarides was Banksy's first agent and still promotes his work and other street art today. The book Banksy Captured was also edited by Steve Lazarides.
The piece on offer shows Banksy putting the finishing touches on a version of Avon and Somerset Constabulary in his West London studio around 2001. This numbered version 50/100 is published by Lazarides and both the offset and the certificate are provided with an intaglio, signature Lazarides and the gold fingerprint. The scratch-free Plexiglas box can be hung, a suspension system is provided.
In a moment of sublime irony, the Avon and Somerset Police (responsible for Banksy's and my own hometown of Bristol) were the first police force in the UK to set up an anti-graffiti unit in 2008. Before Banksy, it was most famous for Operation Juliet, a 1970s initiative that destroyed LSD factories that was immortalized in a BBC Play for Today production.
“Some people become police because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better place," Banksy wrote in Wall and Piece.