Artist Statement
“Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 100” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Stalin Cabinet is a 1997 screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 100, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The work draws on the visual language of mid-century authoritarian propaganda, pairing a dictatorial figure with Fairey's bold graphic framing in his early propaganda-poster style. Rendered in his characteristic limited palette, the print treats imagery of state power as material for critique and recontextualization. As an early hand-pulled Obey Giant screen print in a small edition, it sits within Fairey's foundational late-1990s output examining how propaganda and political authority are pictured and circulated.
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.