Artist Statement
“Authoritarian 18” x 24” Screen Print Edition of: 140” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Authoritarian is a 2000 Shepard Fairey screen print measuring 18 x 24 inches, published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 140. The work uses Fairey's signature propaganda-poster vocabulary, deploying bold authoritarian imagery and graphic command language drawn from his OBEY Giant project. As an early, small-run screen print it reflects the artist's ongoing interrogation of obedience, control, and the visual machinery of power. The title itself signals the piece's confrontation with authority, presented in the stark, high-contrast poster style that defines Fairey's turn-of-the-millennium output.
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.