Mural · The Bowery Wall
Hands That Held the Block
Eleven hands, painted at the scale of the wall, from photographs of people who kept this corner alive through the eighties.
Reality and the layer
Reality
A painted brick wall at Houston and Bowery, repainted by invited artists since 1982.
HUMARK layer
One canonical mural position in the HUMARK layer. The physical wall is never altered.
Authorship
Author · permanent
IV
Held today by Lenox Studio. A sale or transfer can never change who made this.
Version history · 3
v3 · Restored · August 14, 2026
New holder restored the colour depth. IV's authorship is unchanged and always will be.
Lenox Studio · builds on v2
v2 · Evolved · June 21, 2026
A twelfth hand added at the north edge after a neighbour came forward.
IV · builds on v1
v1 · First version · May 19, 2026
Eleven hands, three colours, laid across the full elevation.
IV
Every version is kept. Nothing here is edited or deleted by a later one.
The real world
This exists in the HUMARK layer only. The physical structure at The Bowery Wall is unchanged and untouched by anything recorded here.
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Position, holding and record⌄
Scarcity, who holds it today, and everything HUMARK has recorded.
Position
Canonical mural position · Full wall, Houston Street elevation. One canonical position exists here and it is taken.
Acquired for 4,200 M · derives 35,085 M today · +735%. Prototype value only — nothing settles.
Holding history · 2
Author · permanent · May 19, 2026
IV
Holder · July 3, 2026
Lenox Studio
July 3, 2026 · 4,200 M · The holding moved. IV remains the author of the work, permanently.
Transfer
Only the current holder can move this holding.
Provenance
RIGHT GRANTED
The single canonical mural position at the Bowery Wall was issued to IV. One exists.
May 19, 2026 · IV
RIGHT TRANSFERRED
Holding transferred to Lenox Studio for 4,200 M. Authorship unchanged: IV.
July 3, 2026 · Lenox Studio
Prototype values. M-Credits are ecosystem-wide, Passport-bound accounting credits — not cash, crypto or a bank account. Nothing here charges, settles or changes a real balance.