The Rude Lord
Year: 2006
Medium: Oil on canvas in original artist’s frame
Dimensions: 88.6 x 76.8 cm (35 x 30 1/4 inches)
Edition: Unique
Exhibition History
Barely Legal, Los Angeles, 2006
Auction History
Auction House: Sotheby’s London
Date: 12 October 2007
Price realized: GBP 322,900
“If you want to survive as a graffiti writer when you go indoors I figured your only option is to carry on painting over things that don’t belong to you there either.”
The Rude Lord is based on an 18th Century portrait by Thomas Beach that Banksy defaced by overpainting a flip-off middle finger. The legend says Banksy bought the original at auction for GBP 2,000.
