Banksy | Di-Faced Tenner

Banksy (b. c.1974)
Di-Faced Tenner, 2004
Offset lithograph on paper | 7.5 × 14.5 cm

The Di-Faced Tenner is Banksy's best-known piece of pocket-sized mischief: a spoof ten-pound note that swaps the Queen for Princess Diana, turns the Bank of England into the "Banksy of England" and replaces the promise to pay the bearer with the line "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the ultimate price". Flip it over and Darwin is still there, now with the instruction "Trust No One".

Banksy scattered the notes into crowds at Notting Hill Carnival in 2004, and the stunt worked exactly as intended: people scrambled for what looked like free money, and some tried to spend it. The note as an art object has a long history, but few are as direct, or as easy to live with.

This example is presented in an ornate black Baroque-style frame.

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Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey and London.

Offset lithograph on paper
7.5 × 14.5 cm
Distributed at Notting Hill Carnival, 2004
Framed in an ornate black Baroque-style frame

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