"The banality of the banality of evil," Banksy was estimated at 74,000 dollars

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Banksy's work , entitled " The banality of the banality of evil » («The banality of the banality of evil») exposed to a charity online auction. This was reported on the website Bidding For Good, engage in charity auctions .

Starting price of the auction - 74,000 dollars. At the time of writing the news leading rate was 310.2 thousand dollars. The auction began on October 29 and will end on October 31 at 20:00 Eastern Standard Time ( 4:00 am November 1 , Moscow time ) .

The painting, exhibited at the auction was originally written not by Banksy . Artist " dorisoval " authorship of a painting Segera (Sager), bought at his request on the network of charity shops , managed by Housing Works. For landscape , depicting a lake on a background of snow-capped mountains, Banksy pririsoval bench where his back to the viewer sits soldier in a Nazi uniform . He added his signature to the signature of the author of the original work and titled " The banality of the banality of evil" (a reference to the book of Hannah Arendt's " Banality of Evil: Eichmann in Jerusalem," about a former Obersturmbannfuehrer SS Adolf Eichmann ) . After that, an anonymous representative of graffiti masters brought the painting back to the store .

Representatives of charitable organizations noted that a "gift" from Banksy has become a surprise for them . Store staff could not immediately recognize the work of the artist in the canvas . "Revenue from the sale of this painting will help thousands of men, women and children who are homeless and living with AIDS . these people are still a lot on the streets of our city , " - said the Housing Works, whose main focus is to help the sick homeless people.

The painting is currently located in the same store where she brought a representative of Banksy . In this case, you can only buy it on eBay .

Banksy exhibition in New York under the name of «Better Out than In» began October 1. During the month, the artist left his work : graffiti , installations, prints on canvas - in different parts of the city , and then photographed them and posted online showing where you can find his works. Next to each of you can find the phone number , call that anyone could listen to detailed information about the exhibition.

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