Banksy have sold for more than £2.2m at a London auction, with the proceeds going to a hospital in Bethlehem.The ‘Mediterranean Sea View 2017’ triptych, which addresses the European refugee crisis, went under the hammer yesterday (July 28) at Sotheby’s London branch.
The paintings were initially expected to fetch up to £1.2m.It’s been confirmed that the sale was in aid of the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation, who will be using the proceeds to build a new acute stroke unit and purchase children’s rehabilitation equipment.“This triptych hangs in Sotheby’s galleries alongside works by some of history’s greatest landscape painters, including Bellotto, Van Goyen and Turner.
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