Year2010
MediumVinyl Toy
EditionBlack · Gold · Red · Silver
Edition size200
PublisherObey Giant
Original release price$100
SeriesSculpture
EraPropaganda Era
Collector6/10
Visual6/10
Historical6/10
ScarcityModerate
Artist Statement
“Mr. Spray is an original character created by the artist in 2004 as a street-art appropriation of an advertising character design of the 1950s. Mr. Spray is the first original vinyl figure design by the artist in eleven years and will be released in mid-July 2010. Mr. Spray is a rotocast vinyl figure, 11 inches tall. 4 points of articulation and packaged with an OBEY mini stencil. Illustrated card box packaging.” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Mr. Spray is a 2010 Shepard Fairey vinyl toy, a rotocast figure standing 11 inches tall with four points of articulation, packaged in an illustrated card box with an OBEY mini stencil. This release is the Black colorway, in an edition of 200, priced at $100, with the character also issued in Gold, Red, and Silver. Mr. Spray is an original character Fairey created in 2004 as a street-art appropriation of a 1950s advertising character design. The source notes it as the artist's first original vinyl figure design in eleven years.
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.