BANSKY'S SELF-RETARDING WORK

OR

LOVE IS IN THE TRASH

The painting is a reproduction of one of Banksy's most famous images, "Girl with Balloon", showing a little girl letting go of a red heart-shaped balloon.

It was partially cut into thin strips by a grinder hidden in a thick golden frame, only moments after being sold.

The moment was immortalized by the photographers present, while two employees of the house approached to depend on the half-jagged work.

And the self-destruct work of Banksy has been sold to a collector!

The Sotheby's auction house confirmed Thursday the sale of the canvas "Girl with Balloon" by the British artist Banksy. The buyer of the canvas "has confirmed its decision to acquire the new work that was created that night," said Sotheby's in a statement, stating that the price to which it had been awarded, 1.042 million pounds ( 1.185 million euros) was maintained.

This "European collector" explained in the press release "first shocked". "But gradually I realized that I was going to own my piece of art history ," she added.

"Banksy did not destroy a work at the auction, he created one," said an auction house manager, Alex Branczik. He said it was renamed "Love is in the Bin" after this event.

You will see this new work on display at the Sotheby's premises in London on October 13th and 14th.