Will Ellsworth-Jones

In this richly illustrated landmark book, author and journalist Will Ellsworth-Jones documents the sold, stolen, and destroyed works of Banksy, perhaps one of the most renowned and controversial artists of our time. This is a book about what you can't see: the works that have disappeared entirely, whether destroyed by authorities or whisked into people's private art collections to languish...

For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face, and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is remarkably famous. From his beginnings as a Bristol graffiti artist, his artwork is now sold at auction for seven-figure sums and hangs on celebrities' walls. The appearance of a new Banksy is national news, his...