Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, London Concours Lifestyle Sale 2024 on Wednesday the 5th of June, Honourable Artillery Company. The note replaces the portrait of the Queen Elizabeth II of England with the face of Princess Diana, who had a famously controversial relationship with the Royal family and sadly passed away in 1997. The reverse of the note reads ‘Trust No One Beneath Charles Darwin’ and ‘Banksy of America’, a joint critique on big banks, capitalism and the monarchy. It was Banksy’s first notorious art stunt, which played a significant role in the street artist’s rise to fame; following the release of the £10 notes, people unwittingly began to circulate them as real currency, before they were detected and removed from circulation.
Di-Faced Tenner is still amongst one of Banksy’s most sought-after editions.
