Artist Statement
“UNSINKABLE CONSUMPTION by Shepard Fairey 18 x 24 inch screen print on cream speckle tone paper. Signed and numbered edition of 450. $45” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Unsinkable Consumption is a 2015 Shepard Fairey screen print, published by Obey Giant on September 9, 2015. It measures 18 x 24 inches, printed on cream speckle tone paper, and was issued as a signed and numbered first edition of 450. The title and imagery lean into Fairey's recurring critique of relentless consumer culture, pairing commercial visual language with a pointed message about the costs of unchecked consumption. Issued at $45, it sits among Fairey's mid-decade screen prints exploring consumerism and pop-culture iconography in his signature high-contrast, propaganda-style graphic vocabulary.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 160.0. Observed range 105.0–450.0. Latest recorded sale: 2023-10-16. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.