World-renowned street artist Banksy has revealed his latest piece of art on social media, with a French news agency reporting it has been discovered in Marseilles, France.
Banksy posted two still images of the artwork to his 13.2 million followers on Instagram, but kept the location a mystery.
Fans of Banksy and online sleuths speculated the location could be in Marseille.
The AFP news agency said on Friday, local time, it had confirmed the artwork was located on a "quiet street" near the Catalans beach not far from Marseille's city centre.
In the piece, a lighthouse is drawn on a bland, beige-coloured wall with the words "I want to be what you saw in me" written in front of it.
A fake shadow appears to have been drawn on the footpath, stemming from a nearby pole which in turn gives the illusion that the lighthouse is a silhouette of the street pole.
The first image is a close up of the artwork and the second shows two people walking with dogs next to the piece of art.
[instagram banksy]"It's fascinating that Banksy chose a city like Marseille, which has so much art, foreigners and life," local carpenter Esteban Roldan told AFP.
"This is huge, Banksy in Marseille," another local, Virginie Foucault, added.
She said she was having lunch nearby.
"I thought to myself, 'I'm not going to find it in Les Catalans,' and then, by chance — I never go there — there it is," she said.
"We love it!"
Last year Banksy unveiled a number of artworks showing animals painted around London city centre.
He began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world's best-known artists.
His work has sold for millions of dollars at auction, and past murals on outdoor sites have often been stolen or removed by building owners soon after going up.
