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A large black hooded figure cradles a reclining white infant, while a small yellow bottle with a skull mark is held near the baby's mouth against a pale grey ground.

This reworking of the Madonna and Child tradition takes a symbol of unconditional love and spiritual nourishment and transforms it, through poison, into something that can be read as a vehicle of quiet harm.

Materials
Screen Print
Size
27 3/5 × 19 7/10 in | 70 × 50 cm
Framed Size
38 1/5 × 30 7/10 in | 97 × 78 cm
Rarity
Limited edition
Medium
Print
Signature
Not signed
Certificate of authenticity
Included (one issued by gallery; one issued by authorized authenticating body)

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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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