Artist Statement
“MAO STAMP Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 200” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Mao Stamp is a 2000 screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 200, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The work renders the familiar likeness of Chairman Mao Zedong in a stamp-style format, treating an icon of 20th-century political imagery through Fairey's flat, propaganda-derived graphic vocabulary. By framing Mao within the visual convention of a postage stamp, the print plays on how states circulate and authorize official portraits, recasting a loaded political symbol as appropriated pop iconography.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 1862.01. Observed range 1489.61–2234.42. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-30. Limited recorded sales. Estimate is a hypothetical projection at ~15% flat annual growth, shown as an 80-120% band; treat as indicative.