Thomas Baumgärtel (1960) - 5 DM Banane
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Thomas Baumg e4rtel (1960), 5 DM Banane, 2020, two-colour pochoir on a 5-DM banknote, 6.2 × 12.2 cm, limited edition of 90, signed, numbered and stamped, Germany, Street Art.
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Thomas Baumgärtel (1960), 5 DM Banana, 2020.
Two-tone stencil graffito (stencil) on a 5 DM banknote (6.2 x 12.2 cm)
90 copies, signed, numbered, and stamped.
Note: Illustrations are exemplary – the edition number may vary.
According to Thomas Baumgärtel's first Banana Pochoir in 2002, a 5 DM note was issued, and 18 years later, the 2020 edition appears. The banknote depicts the Brandenburg Gate of Berlin with the "embedded" Musa of the "Banana Sprayer" as stencil graffiti on the back of original banknotes printed in 1991, featuring Bettina von Arnim's portrait on the front.
Biography
From 1985 to 1990, he studied Fine Arts at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and until 1995 Psychology at the University of Cologne. Since 1986, the Cologne artist has marked art locations in European cities, as well as in New York and Moscow, under the pseudonym "Banana-Sprayer" – over 4,000 to date. Starting in 1995, he developed "Banana Pointillism" – painting with small stencil-sprayed bananas on canvas. Actions in public spaces with large banana sculptures, such as "We Love the High Church" at the main portal of Cologne Cathedral (1998); since 2002, he has projected for Berlin: "We Love the Union" at the Brandenburg Gate.
Thomas Baumgärtel (1960), 5 DM Banana, 2020.
Two-tone stencil graffito (stencil) on a 5 DM banknote (6.2 x 12.2 cm)
90 copies, signed, numbered, and stamped.
Note: Illustrations are exemplary – the edition number may vary.
According to Thomas Baumgärtel's first Banana Pochoir in 2002, a 5 DM note was issued, and 18 years later, the 2020 edition appears. The banknote depicts the Brandenburg Gate of Berlin with the "embedded" Musa of the "Banana Sprayer" as stencil graffiti on the back of original banknotes printed in 1991, featuring Bettina von Arnim's portrait on the front.
Biography
From 1985 to 1990, he studied Fine Arts at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and until 1995 Psychology at the University of Cologne. Since 1986, the Cologne artist has marked art locations in European cities, as well as in New York and Moscow, under the pseudonym "Banana-Sprayer" – over 4,000 to date. Starting in 1995, he developed "Banana Pointillism" – painting with small stencil-sprayed bananas on canvas. Actions in public spaces with large banana sculptures, such as "We Love the High Church" at the main portal of Cologne Cathedral (1998); since 2002, he has projected for Berlin: "We Love the Union" at the Brandenburg Gate.
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Artist
Thomas Baumgärtel (1960)
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Owner or reseller
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
90
Title of artwork
5 DM Banane
Technique
Pochoir
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Germany
Year
2020
Condition
Good condition
Height
6.2 cm
Width
12.2 cm
Style
Street art
Period
2000-2010
Sold with frame
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