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Banksy – Forgive Us Our Trespassing

Artist

Year

2011

Medium

Offset lithograph on paper

Dimensions

41,9 x 59cm

Price

£500

Artist

Year

2011

Medium

Offset lithograph on paper

Dimensions

41,9 x 59cm

Price

£500

A Forgive Us Our Trespassing offset lithographic poster for Banksy's, b.1974 -, 2010 documentary film Exit Through the Gift Shop.

The Oscar-nominated documentary was about an eccentric French amateur filmmaker who attempted to locate and befriend the anonymous British graffiti/street artist Banksy. The documentary also featured other giants of the street art movement, including Shepard Fairey, Invader, Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Swoon, Ron English, and Buff Monster. The finished movie is a remarkable piece of filmmaking.

This double-sided, limited-edition lithographic poster of unknown quantity was designed by Banksy and released in 2010 to promote the documentary. One side features the witty, playfully apologetic Forgive Us Our Trespassing mural image found in Salt Lake City, Utah, while the reverse displays the film's primary advertising artwork. This poster and others like it were distributed by Don't Panic in dedicated envelopes handed out in their stores and at music events.

The poster exhibits fold lines consistent with it being originally distributed in an envelope.