Vintage Hermes ‘Graffiti’ Birkin 35 Custom Painted Box Leather with Gold Hardware - 1998, B Square, Artwork 2021.

The latest in the artist’s ongoing series of “Graffiti Bags,” this example has layers built up and rubbed away, creating texture that plays off the metallic ground. Vibrantly colored tags pepper the bag’s surface along with small winks to the viewer written in various texts. A theme throughout this Birkin is ‘Love’ which appears in many languages all around the bag.