Gauntlet Gallery — D*Face Print Index
The Unloved
Work Summary & Collector Notes
"The Unloved" is a 2014 oil-based screen print on a 14 x 14 inch steel disc, produced in an edition of five for Stephen Webster Gallery. Like its companion works in the series, it trades D*Face's usual paper for a circular steel substrate, aligning his pop-subversive imagery with the materials of a fine-jewellery house.
Collector notes: The saved release record describes: From an edition of 5. Edition-specific signature, numbering, and stamp details were not stated in the saved release record. Verify signing and numbering against a documented example of this edition.
Why It Matters
The title's melancholic register fits squarely within D*Face's long-running preoccupation with love, rejection, and disillusioned romance. Rendered on steel at an edition of five, the piece is both thematically characteristic and materially exceptional, a small-run object made outside the conventional print-publisher framework.
Collector Perspective
With only five in existence, availability is minimal and the steel format sets it apart from paper editions. Collectors drawn to D*Face's love-and-loss iconography will find this a concentrated, durable expression of that theme. Condition assessment should focus on the disc, its finish, and the ink's adhesion to metal rather than paper-specific concerns.
Historical Context
The Love-and-Hate current runs throughout D*Face's practice, echoing the pulp-romance sources he frequently subverts. Issued in 2014 via Stephen Webster Gallery, "The Unloved" belongs to a crossover moment when the artist's street-derived motifs were translated into precious, jewellery-adjacent objects rather than large paper runs.
Documented Release Details
- Object type
- Editioned screenprint
- Release date
- 2014
- Release-date note
- Catalog-listed release year from the saved secondary record; primary release-page confirmation remains pending.
- Medium and materials
- Screen Print; catalog dimensions 14 x 14 inches; Oil based screen print on steel disc.
- Edition details
- The saved release record describes: From an edition of 5.
- Signature and marks
- Edition-specific signature, numbering, and stamp details were not stated in the saved release record. Verify signing and numbering against a documented example of this edition.
Documented History and Meaning
History note: This page treats D*Face's broader career as background context, not proof that this specific edition belongs to any single exhibition or event. Release-level facts here come from a saved secondary catalog record.
Meaning / interpretation: No per-work artist statement is recorded for this edition. Any thematic reading should be treated as interpretation of the imagery, not a documented statement of the artist's intent. This interpretive note follows the cited artist or publisher context.
Release context: The saved catalog lists 2014 and attributes the edition to Stephen Webster Gallery.
Authentication, Presentation and Provenance
- Original presentation
- Original packaging or presentation was not documented in the release sources reviewed.
- Authentication note
- Compare the support, dimensions, edition number, and signature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet Gallery does not authenticate works purchased from third parties.
- Provenance note
- Edition origin is attributed in the saved record to Stephen Webster Gallery. That does not establish the ownership history of an individual copy: retain the original invoice, reseller or gallery paperwork, labels, correspondence, and condition photographs.
Sources and Verification
Verification status: Secondary catalog snapshot; artist-level context added
- Saved release record — Art Collectorz · secondary catalog snapshot · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Starting record for title, year, edition, dimensions, medium, and release description. Primary confirmation against the original release page remains pending.
- D*Face — official site — D*Face studio · primary artist source · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Official artist site; career context, not an individual-edition record.
- D*Face — Wikipedia · reference encyclopedia · Accessed 2026-07-13 · General artist-level biographical and career reference.
- D*Face (Q5203218) — Wikidata · reference knowledge base · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Structured identifier used for the artist across catalog metadata.
FAQ
What theme does the title evoke?
The title points to D*Face's recurring love, rejection, and disillusionment motifs, a thread running throughout his work.
What is the substrate?
It is an oil-based screen print on a 14 x 14 inch steel disc rather than paper.
How many were made?
The edition is five, placing it among his most restricted releases.
Where was it published?
Through Stephen Webster Gallery in 2014, as part of a street-art-meets-jewellery crossover.
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