The Banksy work will headline Sotheby’s Modern And Contemporary Evening Auction on March 4 in London, and will go on display at Sotheby’s New York from February 18 to 20, before heading to London for the Sotheby’s preview exhibition from February 26 to the sale day.
Named Crude Oil (Vettriano), the painting has hung in the 52-year-old bass player’s homes in London and Los Angeles after he acquired it with his wife Skye Everly in 2011.
The painting, which Hoppus said brought “joy and anger, and hope and scepticism”, was first exhibited in Banksy’s 2005 exhibition Crude Oils: A Gallery Of Re-Mixed Masterpieces, Vandalism And Vermin.
A Banksy painting owned by Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus is to go to auction where it is estimated to fetch between £3 million and £5 million.
The sale comes after Banksy’s Piranhas work was donated to the new London Museum site, which will open in Smithfield next year.
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