Previous LotNext lot

Shepard Fairey (American, b.1970)
LOT ID: 65174
Venice Pattern Print (set of 3 works), 2009

Serigraph / Screenprint
18 х 18 in. cm.
Signed, in pencil in lower right, hand numbered "60/100" in pencil in lower left
Edition 100
Foundry/Publisher Obey Giant
Lot description
During the last presidential election, artist Shepard Fairey’s poster of Barack Obama—a graphic, vaguely Russian-propagandist-looking portrait of the then candidate with the word HOPE drawn in big, bold letters underneath—achieved the rare feat of becoming a visual emblem of a moment in American history. Obama, of course, won the election.

But the ensuing 18 months have been transformative for Fairey, too. Up until a couple of years ago, he was best known in the skateboarding and street-art worlds for his Obey Giant campaign. Conceived while Fairey was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the project involved stickering, stenciling, and painting slogans such as THIS IS YOUR GOD and images of the late professional wrestler Andre the Giant in public spaces in major cities around the globe. But while the Obama poster—as well as a diverse, complex, and at times controversial body of work that stretches back two decades—helped set the stage for Fairey’s first solo museum show, titled Supply and Demand, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston last year, it also attracted a different kind of attention.
Alternate Views: 1 of 1
Share |
Add Shepard Fairey to My Artist Alert
Receive email alerts as soon as artists you follow are up for sale. Update your artist watch list any time.

Sales Results for Comparable Works

To help you value the lot, artnet Auctions specialists have selected similar auction results from the artnet Price Database. To better understand the lot estimates with more comparable results, subscribe or log in to the Price Database now.
  • Shepard Fairey

    Japanese fabric pattern, red (set of 4)
    silkscreen
    (H 17, W 17) in.
    (43.2 x 43.2) cm.
    Sold for: US$1,625
    Sunday, December 11, 2011
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions
    Lot 00471
  • Shepard Fairey

    Set of two parlor pattern prints
    prints, serigraph / screenprint
    (H 18, W 24) in.
    (45.7 x 61.0) cm.
    Ed. 85
    Sold for: US$1,725
    Thursday, October 07, 2010
    artnet Auctions
    Lot 34304
artnet Auctions—Buy and sell art 24/7 worldwide. ©2013 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved. artnet® is a registered
trademark of Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Call for Assistance: US +1-877-388-3256, EU +49 (0)30 20 91 78 50