Year2008
MediumOffset Lithograph
Dimensions24 x 18 in
EditionFirst Edition
Edition size200
PublisherPenguin Books
Original release price$40
SeriesOffset Lithograph
EraPropaganda Era
Collector6/10
Visual6/10
Historical6/10
ScarcityScarce
Artist Statement
“George Orwell’s timeless satire of a revolution that went wrong – Animal Farm – and chilling portrait of a totalitarian regime – Nineteen Eighty-Four – have become classic works of Twentieth century literature. With these incredible new Shepard Fairey pop-art covers both books will be rediscovered by another generation of readers. To celebrate these new editions, Shepard Fairey has exclusively produced 200 A2 individually signed and numbered lithographs of both posters.” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
1984.0 is a 2008 offset lithograph by Shepard Fairey, published by Penguin Books in an edition of 200 at an original price of $40. Measuring 18 x 24 inches (described as A2), the print derives from Fairey's pop-art cover design for the Penguin reissue of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Per the source, Fairey produced 200 individually signed and numbered lithographs of this poster to celebrate the new editions. The work translates his bold graphic style into a literary book-cover commission, pairing his propaganda-inflected aesthetic with one of the twentieth century's defining novels about totalitarianism and surveillance.