Artist Statement
“This Danger No Smoking print is inspired by a screen print I made in 1990, which was the very first image I made addressing the environmental and health hazards of gasoline. I took this photograph in Providence, RI at the edge of a desolate graveyard, which probably intensified my interpretation of the peeling paint on the gas pump as a skull. I decided the symbolism provided by natural erosion was powerful enough to make the photo worthy of turning into a print. I always liked this image, and I rediscovered it while looking for images to include in a book surveying my entire history of envir
About This Print
Danger No Smoking is a 2016 screen print by Shepard Fairey measuring 18 x 24 inches, published by Obey Giant in an edition of 450 at $45. The image is based on a photograph Fairey took in Providence, Rhode Island, at the edge of a graveyard, where peeling paint on a gas pump read to him as a skull. It revisits a 1990 screen print, his first image addressing the environmental and health hazards of gasoline, of which he says he made only ten. He rediscovered the image while compiling a book surveying his environmentally themed art and reissued it as a new print and a painting for his Paris show.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 148.99. Observed range 100.0–399.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-04-25. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.