Artist Statement
“GODFATHER – TOM Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 500” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Godfather - Tom is a 2006 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant, measuring 18 x 24 inches in a First Edition of 500. Part of Fairey's Godfather grouping, the print riffs on the iconography of Francis Ford Coppola's film, rendering a character portrait in Fairey's signature high-contrast, stenciled poster style. The composition pairs a photographic-based portrait with bold graphic framing and decorative pattern, translating a pop-culture cinematic source into a wheatpaste-ready image. As a relatively large screen-printed edition from the mid-2000s, it sits within Fairey's portrait and pop-culture output of the period.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 2081.75. Observed range 1665.4–2498.11. Latest recorded sale: 2021-12-10. Limited recorded sales. Estimate is a hypothetical projection at ~15% flat annual growth, shown as an 80-120% band; treat as indicative.