( CNN ) -- The latest piece in Banksy 's monthlong street art residency in New York went up for online auction Tuesday with a starting minimum bid of $ 74,000 . The famously anonymous British graffiti artist 's website describes it as `` The banality of the banality of evil , Oil on oil on canvas , 2013 , '' and `` a thrift store painting vandalized then re-donated to the thrift store . '' The painting depicts a countryside landscape featuring a large lake , trees with autumn colors , and snowy mountains in the background . The one outlier is an officer on a bench in the foreground with what appears to be a Nazi symbol stitched to his right sleeve . The painting was dropped off at the Housing Works auction shop in New York 's Gramercy area on Tuesday morning by an anonymous person , according to James Barnes , a Housing Works sales associate . `` It was by surprise , '' Barnes said , `` We just found out a couple of hours ago that it was actually a Banksy painting . '' Every day this month , Banksy has been unveiling new works of art around New York . The works are then announced on his website and posted to Instagram . Many of the surprise exhibits follow his signature street-art style : stencils spray-painted on streets , walls and under bridges . The online auction began on Tuesday and bidding will end at 8 p.m. on October 31 . As of Tuesday evening the leading bid was more than $ 157,000 from a total of 37 bids , according to the auction site . Banksy 's reputation was made on the streets of London , and he seems to have made his art all over , from New Orleans on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to the West Bank . But until the end of the month , the politically charged , controversial graffiti artist is expected to remain in New York . CNN 's Chris Boyette contributed to this report .
Banksy is British graffiti artist working in New York this month . A painting of his appeared at a thrift shop on Tuesday morning . Painting is being auctioned ; bidding was at $ 157,200 Tuesday night .