Baumgärtel, Thomas. 3d spray banana. Stencil spray technique with lacquer and acrylic on cellan/plaster in original cardboard with sprayed title. Signed "Bananensprayer" and numbered on the banana and on the cardboard. Copy: 1/100. Berlin, ARTIKEL Editions, 1997. dimensions banana: 8 x 20 x 4 cm. Cross packaging with foam padding: 12.5 x 13 x 7 cm. Elaborate multiple produced in 35 steps by the "banana sprayer" Thomas Baumgärtel, who since 1986 has been marking what he considers to be the most interesting art locations in Germany and abroad with his "bananas", which have thus become the "Michelin star" of the art scene. - In very good condition.

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