LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions presents “Street Art” a curated collection of some of the most important and revolutionary works created originally in the shadows, on the streets and walls of urban public spaces that display the power of this genre will be offered. The most talked about and controversial artists of our time whose works have changed the world and established the Street Art phenomenon including Banksy, Invader, RETNA, Jamie Reid, Billy Morrison, Louis Waldon, Jeff Hamilton, and Jorge Jimenez-Deredia and many others will be held Thursday, February 15th, 2024 live and online in an evening session at Julien's Auctions.

Iconic works of the renowned and enigmatic British artist known as Banksy will headline this auction event: “Gangsta Rat Live,” an original aerosol on metal door - mounted in an acrylic shadowbox frame ($80,000 - $100,000). The aerosol painting executed on a British Telecom street box in Liverpool, England, circa 2004, reportedly during the Liverpool Biennial contemporary art festival in September of that year, during which Banksy produced a number of artworks throughout the city. The artwork was documented in Banksy’s own publication, Cut It Out.

Another piece from the universe of Banksy will make an appearance: Banksy’s "Turf War - Police Van Chimp" London Stencil Painting, an original aerosol painting on glass, executed by Banksy as part of his “Turf War” exhibition, which was staged in an abandoned London warehouse in the summer of 2003 (estimate: $100,000 - $200,000). Banksy’s Turf War exhibition is widely considered his breakthrough work which contains his unique signature of combined animal, political, and pop culture imagery.

Other important works of Banksy’s to be offered include: an original Banksy aerosol painting executed on a car door, from the art installation “Crazy Horse” (estimate: $100,000 - $200,000) a New York installation, constructed near the corner of Ludlow and Stanton in the Lower East Side, that consisted of two vehicles painted with a depiction of stampeding of horses bearing down on a huddled group of terrified people, and included a phone number through which audio clips could be heard from a 2007 Apache airstrike in Baghdad in which two Reuters correspondents were reportedly killed.

The Apache helicopter bore the call-sign Crazy Horse 18 and inspired the title for this artwork. The work was installed on October 9th, 2013 as part of Banksy’s highly-publicized New York City residency, Better Out Than In and is accompanied by a custom-built display stand with an original paint-splattered traffic cone from the installation. And "Mayfair Paparazzi Rat" (estimate: $40,000 - $60,000) (photo left) an original Banksy aerosol painting executed on a wooden door panel on Trebeck Street in the Mayfair District of London, England in circa 2006. The door is believed to have originally been part of a restaurant knowns as Tiddy Dols Eating House (reportedly named after an 18th century gingerbread seller) and is now the home of an exclusive private members club called Loulou’s that has hosted such celebrities as Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise, and Kate Middleton.

Famed French street artist Invader, whose signature ceramic tile creations of arcade game aliens such as Space Invaders and other popular video games have captivated the art and auction world. Five of them will come down to Earth at Julien’s Street Art auction including Invader's original "POTI-50", his mosaic installed last year in Potosí, Bolivia, a town 4,000 meters above sea level that was affixed to the side of a building on Roncal street (across from the Plaza Waychu) in Potosi, Bolivia in 2022, in celebration of his 4,000th mosaic. Potosi was picked as the destination for the artist’s 4,000th installation because the altitude of the historic mining town is 4,000 feet.

His other mosaics on offer include: "PA_605" which was affixed to the side of a wall at 33 Pl. Saint-Pierre in Paris, France in 2005 (estimate: $8,000 - $12,000); "PA-595” that was affixed to the side of a building at 183 Rue De Lourmel in Paris, France in 2014 (estimate: $4,000 - $6,000); "MLGA-15" that was affixed to the side of a building in the Plaza de San Pedro Alcantara, in Malaga, Spain in circa 2017 (estimate: $3,000 - $5,000); and "PA-877" that was affixed to the side of a building at 148 Rue De Paris in Montreuil, France in 2010.

Other highlights include: Jorge Jimenez-Deredia signed original marble sculpture (estimate: $10,000 - $20,000); RETNA signed "Sangria" limited-edition artist's proof print hand-pulled on Coventry Rag paper (estimate: $6,000 - $8,000).

Jamie Reid signed Sex Pistols "Anarchy in The U.K." limited-edition canvas print (estimate: $1,000 - $2,000); Louis Waldon signed "Flowers" artwork; Billy Morrison signed "Mirror" painting (estimate: $2,000 - $4,000); Jules Muck signed original "Money Scare Marilyn" painting (estimate: $800 - $1,200); Mark Yurkiw "Pfizer" Viagra pill sculpture (estimate: $2,000 - $4,000); Jeff Hamilton And Fraser "Art Lord" Crawley Elvis Presley 3D leather artwork (estimate: $800 - $1,200); and more.