Artist Statement
“It does not matter who your favorite team is, if you appreciate style, grace, and power in basketball, then you appreciate Kobe Bryant. I was asked by Upper Deck to do a portrait of Kobe at his request. I knew Kobe from working on the logo for his KB24 website. Kobe is a basketball icon and was a pleasure to be able to create a piece of iconic art of and for him. These prints are tradition fine art lithographs, with beautiful pigment density, they are not offset lithography. -Shepard Two editions of this fine art lithograph have been produced, "MVP" and "KOBE". Each are limited editions with
About This Print
Kobe Bryant - Kobe is a 2008 fine art lithograph by Shepard Fairey, published by Upper Deck in an edition of 50 at an original price of $950. Measuring 20 x 30 inches, it portrays basketball icon Kobe Bryant. Per the source, Fairey was asked by Upper Deck to create the portrait at Bryant's request, having known him from designing the logo for his KB24 website. The source describes these as traditional fine art lithographs with high pigment density, not offset lithography. Two editions were produced, KOBE and MVP, each limited, with a portion signed by both Bryant and Fairey and all signed by Fairey.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 375.0. Observed range 202.5–700.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-01. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.