Artist Statement
“PUBLIC WORKS MEDAL Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 300” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Public Works Medal is a 2004 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant as a first edition of 300, measuring 18 x 24 inches and originally priced at $30. The work adopts the iconography of an official medal or emblem, rendered in Fairey's flat, high-contrast graphic style. Its medal-and-bureaucracy motif fits the propaganda-poster vocabulary that runs through his mid-2000s Obey Giant output, playing on the visual authority of state insignia. As a first-edition 18-by-24 screen print, it sits within his prolific 2004 run while leaning into emblematic, official-looking design rooted in his "public works" theme.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 350.0. Observed range 218.41–2004.0. Latest recorded sale: 2026-04-24. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.