Artist Statement
“MAO Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 100” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Mao 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 Chinese leader Mao Zedong, rendering it in Fairey's flat, high-contrast propaganda-poster style. By isolating a defining figure of 20th-century communist ideology as a bold graphic icon, the print engages directly with the tradition of state propaganda imagery built around Mao. It belongs to Fairey's late-1990s sequence of editioned screen prints that recast ideological leaders and symbols of authority, echoing the very poster aesthetics historically used to glorify them.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 350.0. Observed range 100.0–850.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-01. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.