Well, not entirely, but parts of the wall were buffed off by the cleaning squad before any pics were released, even our first jump exclusives or Lauren Conrad's early morning tweeted pic.
MELROSEandFAIRFAX has just received an exclusive set of pictures that show the full Banksy piece before it was buffed.
As far as we know, these are the only full pics of the original piece anywhere in the world. Click the jump below for the full story and pics.
^This is the pic that Lauren Conrad tweeted. As you can see, the blue line of the butterfly has been buffed off the bottom right corner of the 'No Parking' sign.
But these new pics capture that corner untouched, as well as a pink butterfly that was originally on the door to the left but then got buffed off.
These minor touches really bring the piece together and show how the street art goes outside of the lines and borders.
An employee at the Urban Outfitters where this was done provided the pics. He and his fellow employees are the only ones to see it before the parts got buffed. There are a lot of conspiracy theories swirling about whether Banksy placed this piece on the Urban Outfitters as a reward for selling the most copies of his book 'Wall and Piece', but nothing underhanded is happening here. He told us, "As an artist myself, I only want the utmost preservation for any artwork, especially of this magnitude."
Thanks again for the pics. Hope the piece doesn't get fully buffed.
