Artist Statement
“Ornate Pattern Black 18 x 18 Screen Print, Signed and Numbered Edition of 100, $35. Released on 2/12/2010” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Ornate Pattern (Black) is an 18 x 18 inch screen print published by Obey Giant in 2010 as a signed and numbered edition of 100, released February 12, 2010 at $35. The Black variant is part of a two-color release (Black and Red). The work centers on Fairey's signature decorative motif: a dense, symmetrical ornamental pattern rendered in a single dominant tone. With no figurative subject, the print foregrounds rhythm, repetition, and the layered wallpaper-like texture that recurs across Fairey's pattern works. It functions as a graphic exercise in surface and symmetry rather than overt messaging, sitting within his decorative pattern output of that period.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 385.0. Observed range 100.0–1284.84. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-08. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.