Title: Ballerina without Action Man Parts

Artist: Pablo

Size: 31 by 20 by 18cm; 12 1/4 by 7 7/8 by 7 1/8 in.

Media: Resin 

Ballerina Without Action Man Parts, a painted resin figure of a dancer wearing a gas mask.

The 2005 original by Banksy was the first time one of his sculptures had gone under the hammer and it proved as popular as his paintings.

Several absentee bids dogged competition in the room before a private collector shelled out a quadruple-high-estimate £80,000.

The sculpture was from an edition of six but specialist Alexander Branczik said he was not surprised at the price considering that it had generated widespread interest from collectors from London, Los Angeles and Europe. "It was certainly a talking point at the view. It had strong visual irony that people responded to - the closer you look at it, the more it reveals," he explained.

Ballerina without Action Man Parts - Figure AP1 - Artist Pablo 

Ballerina without Action Man Parts - Figure AP2 - Artist Pablo 

About the Artist: Pablo was known to be active street artist in Paris between 2014 & 2016. It’s understood he lived in Bastille in the 11th district, which happened to be very close to a number of Banksy works; which started appearing around the same time. 

While its unknow who Banksy is, or how many are part of the Banksy group. Speculation is he an old friend of the street artist, or even the artist himself. 

It’s understood Pablo left Paris by order of his mother, after the terrorist attacks and a shooting outside his apartment building.

He spent the next few years living in London, before his work started appearing in 2018 around the East of England and Norfolk coast.