Artist Statement
“CHINESE SAN FRANCISCO Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 300” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Chinese San Francisco is a 2004 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant as a first edition of 300, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The work draws on Chinese visual motifs and a San Francisco setting, extending Fairey's interest in propaganda-poster aesthetics and place-specific imagery. Rendered in his flat, high-contrast graphic style, the print folds Asian-inflected design elements into the OBEY visual vocabulary. As a first-edition 18-by-24 screen print, it sits within Fairey's prolific mid-2000s Obey Giant output while standing apart for its city-and-culture-specific subject drawn from San Francisco's Chinatown context.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 575.0. Observed range 295.0–1200.0. Latest recorded sale: 2024-03-17. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.