Year2013
MediumScreen Print
Dimensions24 x 18 in
EditionFirst Edition
PublisherObey Giant
Original release price$75
SeriesMusic Series
EraMusic Era
Collector7/10
Visual7/10
Historical6/10
ScarcityModerate
Artist Statement
“Blondie guitarist and primary songwriter Chris Stein and I became friends when I was working on a portrait of Debbie Harry for my MAYDAY show in 2010. Chris studied photography at SVA in NYC and has an amazing body of work. We talked about doing a collaboration and this print of Joan Jett from 76 or 77 is the result. Chris had an opening of his photography at the Morrison Hotel gallery at the Sunset Marquis and Joan happened to be in town. We all got together in Debbie Harry’s hotel room and signed the prints. It was pretty surreal for me because Blondie and Joan Jett are two of the earliest
About This Print
Joan Jett The Runaway is a 2013 Obey Giant screen print, 18 x 24 inches on white cover stock, published as a first edition. The source describes it as a collaboration based on a Chris Stein photograph of Joan Jett from 1976 or 1977, which Fairey illustrated. The print was signed by Fairey, photographer Chris Stein, and Joan Jett, with the trio signing together in Debbie Harry's hotel room; some prints signed only by Fairey were also offered. The fully signed version was $75 and the Fairey-only version $45. The record does not list a numbered edition size.
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.