Baloo, Mowgli and King Louie of the Apes from Disney film "The Jungle Book" all feature in a print by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy that sold for over $120,000 at auction Tuesday.
London, England, street artist Banksy is already famous for quite a few things: leaving painted political messages in the West Bank; displaying a live, completely painted elephant at a 2006 show in Los Angeles, California, and a sharp sense of humor.
Graffiti artist Banksy, famed for infiltrating museum collections without their knowledge and spray-painting public buildings around the world, is holding his first major exhibition in years.
Read what Banksy has to say about the removal of his work
In an exclusive statement to TIME, British graffiti artist Banksy responds to a London council's decision to remove his largest work in the capital
The famed graffiti artist has traded on anonymity. What will happen to his prices if he's really been identified?
British graffiti artist Banksy has launched an art exhibition in Bethlehem that he hopes will focus attention on the poverty of the West Bank and draw tourists to the traditional birthplace of Christianity.
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He's famously lurked in the shadows, but London's underground graffiti artist may have been identified
Banksy is Britain's most wanted artist -- his art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he continues to use public spaces as his main canvas, while all the time keeping his identity a secret.
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A few years ago, the artist known as Banksy was just another anonymous graffiti punk plastering his work on London city streets. Today, Sotheby's auctions off his art for six figures, and early collectors are taking their Banksys to the bank.
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