Artist Statement
“MOLOTOV MAN Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 300” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Molotov Man is a 2006 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 300, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The image centers on the militant figure of a man hurling a molotov cocktail, a charged symbol of insurrection and resistance rendered in Fairey's bold, high-contrast graphic vocabulary. The composition draws on documentary and protest imagery, reworking a single dramatic gesture into a stark icon. Issued at a $30 release price as a standard-size screen print, it sits among Fairey's mid-2000s pop-culture and appropriation works that fuse street-poster aesthetics with politically loaded source material.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 595.0. Observed range 102.5–1500.0. Latest recorded sale: 2024-12-06. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.