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Three elderly women in black and white occupy the left of a green bowling lawn, one leaning forward with bent knees; three black bombs with curved fuses appear to their right.

Lawn bowls supplies a setting associated with everyday British life. Replacing its balls with bombs can be read as a satire on the distance between comfortable routines and the violence of war.

Materials
Screenprint in Colours
Size
13 4/5 × 39 2/5 in | 35 × 100 cm
Rarity
Limited edition
Medium
Print
Signature
Not signed
Certificate of authenticity
Included (issued by authorized authenticating body)
Frame
Not included
Publisher
Picture On Walls

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Banksy

British, b. 1974

Banksy is an anonymous British artist whose stencilled images first appeared on the walls of Bristol in the 1990s before spreading to London and to cities around the world. His work pairs a blunt graphic style with pointed commentary on war, policing, consumer culture, surveillance and the art market itself. The authenticated screenprints, released in signed and unsigned editions through Pictures on Walls and later…

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