Year2019
MediumScreen Print
Dimensions24 x 18 in
EditionLarge Format - Black · Red · Subliminal Edition
Edition size450
PublisherSubliminal Projects
Original release price$80
SeriesMusic Series
EraMusic Era
Collector7/10
Visual7/10
Historical6/10
ScarcityScarce
Artist Statement
“Chuck D Black Steel Screen Print. 18 x 24 inches. Screenprint on cream Speckle Tone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey, Janette Beckman and Chuck D. Numbered edition of 450.” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Chuck D Black Steel (Subliminal Edition) is a screen print on cream Speckle Tone paper measuring 18 x 24 inches, published in 2019 by Subliminal Projects in a numbered edition of 450. The print portrays Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and is signed by Shepard Fairey, photographer Janette Beckman and Chuck D himself. Rendered in Fairey's high-contrast graphic portrait style, it draws on Beckman's photography of the hip-hop artist. It belongs to a set of editions including Large Format Black, Red and this Subliminal variant.
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.