BANKSY (After) - Bomb Hugger Girl - Stop the war , Label on the back Demonstrate Saturday 15 Feb 2003 - 106 x 70 cm - Provenance : British private collection - Private collection Paris - Note : Part of the series of signs known by "Pest Control", notably used by protesters in opposition to the Iraq war in 2003 - Banksy created a number of different posters for the 2003 London protest, but few originals have survived because they were thrown into the street or confiscated by the Metropolitan Police.Will Axon, senior auctioneer at Rowley's said, "This is one of the few occasions where you can truly call an image iconic, the fact that it is on a rather flimsy piece of crumpled cardboard only adds to that."Banksy was able to capture the anti-war sentiment in this image," he said."Although his work has transcended the street, it has not lost its strength - his images are powerful and memorable - his work manages to do what all great art should do - it makes us think.