Year2009
MediumScreen Print
Dimensions41 x 29 in
EditionFirst Edition · Large Format - 20 Year Retro Series Set
Edition size75
PublisherObey Giant
Original release price$600
SeriesPolitical Series
EraObama Era
Collector7/10
Visual8/10
Historical7/10
ScarcityScarce
Artist Statement
“20 YEAR RETRO SERIES SET This large format print series was created to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of OBEY. The series was first released in Feb but only to a selected few for the opening of Shepard’s 20 year Retrospective at the ICA Boston. Shepard chose to revisit these images, from the 98 – 2000 era, due to their popularity but adding a more refined look to them with the replace of the OBEY Orange for a Metallic Gold. This fine art print series will go sale on 4/2/09 at noon. The series will initially go on sale only as a set with a few individual prints sold separately later in th
About This Print
Riot Cop is a large-format 2009 screen print from Fairey's 20 Year Retro Series Set, marking the 20th anniversary of OBEY. Published by Obey Giant in an edition of 75, it measures 29 x 41 inches, is signed and numbered, and retailed for $600 individually or $2000 as a set. Fairey revisited images from the 1998 to 2000 era, refining them and replacing the OBEY orange with metallic gold. The series first appeared in February for his 20 year retrospective at the ICA Boston, then went on public sale April 2, 2009. The riot-cop motif foregrounds authority and policing imagery.
Market Context
No recorded public sales >= $100 - pieces like this are typically held long-term by investors/collectors, were destroyed or consumed, or do not surface on the open market.