Gold Flag (signed)

Extremely rare, hand signed ”Gold Flag” , framed to museum standard. This is an extremely iconic Banksy image, from an edition of only 112 plus an additional (20) Artist Proofs for ”The Ghetto Crew” . This edition was only available to purchase in person, at Santa’s Ghetto, Bethlehem. Flag shows a group of children and young adults standing victoriously atop a burned-out car raising the American flag. The protagonists are portrayed as disenfranchised urban youths. With only one touch of color, represented by a large gold or silver (according to the edition) sun or moon, the scene bears a melancholic and mournful tone. Banksy’s work is a reference to the iconic photograph ”Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” by American photographer Joe Rosenthal , taken on 23 February 1945. Children are often a central motif in Banksy‘s work, used to symbolize the future as well as the severity of the issues being addressed. In Flag , as with many of Ban