Gauntlet Gallery — Shepard Fairey Print Index
Giant Heavy Metal
Artist Statement
“Giant Heavy Metal Size: 9 x 24 Edition of 120” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Giant Heavy Metal is a 1994 screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 120, measuring 9 by 24 inches in a tall vertical format. Drawn from Shepard Fairey's earliest Andre the Giant period, it carries the OBEY iconography that grew out of his Providence-era sticker campaign. The narrow vertical proportions and music-culture title point to a graphic, poster-like composition rather than a fine-art portrait. With no listed price in the source and a small print run, it sits among Fairey's foundational mid-1990s editions that predate his later overtly political work and helped establish the Giant face as a recognizable street-art motif.
Market Context
No recorded public sales >= $100 - pieces like this are typically held long-term by investors/collectors, were destroyed or consumed, or do not surface on the open market.
