Artist Statement
“STALIN Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 100” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Stalin is a 1998 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 100, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The image appropriates the likeness of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and renders it in Fairey's flat, high-contrast propaganda-poster style. By isolating a notorious figure of 20th-century totalitarian power as a bold graphic icon, the print engages directly with the visual language of state propaganda. It belongs to Fairey's late-1990s sequence of editioned screen prints that recast ideological leaders and symbols of authority, mimicking the very poster aesthetics historically used to glorify such figures.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 2645.0. Observed range 2116.0–3174.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20. Limited recorded sales. Estimate is a hypothetical projection at ~15% flat annual growth, shown as an 80-120% band; treat as indicative.