Artist Statement
“ANGELA DAVIS Screen Print 30 x 42 inches Edition of 50 $400” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Angela Davis (Large Format) is a 2005 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant in a large-format edition of 50, measuring 30 x 42 inches. Released at an original price of $400, it is a sizable portrait of activist and scholar Angela Davis, rendered in Fairey's high-contrast graphic style with decorative floral elements noted in the source. The work foregrounds a leading figure of the civil-rights and Black liberation movements, combining bold portraiture with ornamental pattern. Its substantial dimensions and small edition place it among Fairey's premium large-format screen prints of the mid-2000s.
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.