Details — Click to read
Welcome to Hell is one of a trilogy of prints in Banksy’s 2004 Placard Rat series. The series was inspired by ‘Get Out While You Can’, a book by George Marshall, which offered suggestions on how to find a way out of ‘salary slavery’ and ‘the rat race’.
Back in the early 2000s, Banksy painted multiple iterations of Placard Rat across the streets of London, and in turn – the rat became synonymous with the work of the mysterious street artist. The original placard rat, holding a sign reading, ‘London doesn’t work’, was painted on Chiswell Street in London.
Welcome to Hell is from a limited edition of 175, and comes accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Pest Control Office.
This print is no. 43/175 and as stated on the pest control certificate, is a genuine duplicate print. The extremely rare result of the artist losing count when numbering the edition.
