Year2019
MediumScreen Print
Dimensions41 x 30 in
EditionLarge Format
Edition size89
PublisherObey Giant
Original release price$900
SeriesOBEY Icon Series
EraModern Activism Era
Collector8/10
Visual8/10
Historical8/10
ScarcityScarce
Artist Statement
“Andre Psychedelic. Serigraph on Coventry Rag, 100% Cotton Custom Archival Paper with hand-deckled edges. 30 x 41 inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 89. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. $900. The immediate success and proliferation of the Andre sticker compelled Fairey to develop strategies to expand the reach of his campaign and call attention to the original sticker in public space. However, he did want to alter the design, as a means to diversify the Andre sticker from the original black and white image. He began to print stickers with the same illustration and t
About This Print
Andre Psychedelic (Large Format) is a 2019 Shepard Fairey serigraph on Coventry Rag 100% cotton archival paper with hand-deckled edges, 30 x 41 inches, in a signed, numbered edition of 89 with a certificate of authenticity. It inserts the Andre the Giant face from the original sticker into a psychedelic design of aggressive colors, lines, and rips. The source describes this as the first fine art screenprint featuring Fairey's version of the wrestler's face, a stylistic breakthrough born from his study of late-1960s Fillmore psychedelic posters.
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.