Artist Statement
“The big fossil energy corporations keep telling us we have no choice and simply must keep destroying communities(with mountaintop coal mining), spewing pollution and causing 10’s-of-1000’s of illnesses and deaths in the US(with mercury, arsenic, ozone, etc., etc.) and endangering the planet with CO2 — and all just to boil some water to make electricity. But it’s a lie… Even in the heart of coal country in WV, they have a vision and want to see a wind-farm on their ridges, rather than dismantling the mountains for coal. There’s a great new film, “The Last Mountain” which tells this amazing sto
About This Print
The Last Mountain is a 2011 Shepard Fairey screen print, 18 x 24 inches, in a first-edition run of 450 published by Obey Giant. Created in support of the documentary film of the same name, the image draws on a reference photograph by J Henry Fair and confronts mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia. The piece contrasts the destructive cost of fossil-energy extraction with a hopeful alternative vision of wind power on Appalachian ridges. Released June 7, 2011 at $55, it pairs Fairey's bold graphic vocabulary with an explicit environmental and public-health message about pollution, illness, and climate impact.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 204.99. Observed range 100.0–1153.4. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-26. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.