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British street artist
Banksy
hopes to raise more than 3 million pounds (3.5 million euros) for the British public health service with the auction of one of his paintings that offers
"hope" in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic
.
Banksy had donated the work, entitled "Game Changer" (
Who changes the rules of the game
), to the hospital in Southampton (southern England), in May 2020, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It represents in black and white
a child playing with a nurse doll
, who wears a mask and a cape, while other Batman and Superman dolls remain separated, thrown in the trash.
The most famous of the anonymous street artists decided to auction off the original drawing to raise money for the NHS, the public health service.
In addition,
a reproduction of the work will remain in the hospital
.
For the auction house Christie's, which organizes the sale, the painting constitutes a "personal tribute to those who continue to reverse the course of the pandemic."
"Banksy's Game changer was
a beacon of hope
for the staff and patients at Southampton Hospital and that the artist wanted to auction it off for the benefit of the NHS," said Katharine Arnold, Co-Director, Head of Postwar and Contemporary European Art at Christie's.
Arnold said the artwork
"pays tribute to the strength and endurance
" of NHS workers.
Offered for auction on March 23, "Game Changer" is estimated to fetch a sale price of between 2.5 and 3.5 million pounds.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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