Artist Statement
“I've been working with Aardvark Letterpress based in the MacArthur Park area of L.A. for many years, and they have always done great work. Aardvark has even done special projects with me, live printing at my Damaged art show and at an arts charity event in Miami. Letterpress is a very special traditional and beautiful printing process that is slowly fading, as other forms of printing and digital tech replace it. The charm of letterpress is that the raised relief plate is inked and then stamped into the paper leaving both the ink on the paper and a physical impression in the paper. The additio
About This Print
Welcome Visitors Letterpress is a 2020 Shepard Fairey print created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Aardvark Letterpress, a family-run L.A. print shop Fairey has worked with for years. Produced via letterpress on cream cotton paper with hand-deckled edges, it measures 16 x 20 inches, is signed, and was issued in a numbered edition of 380. The image draws on the immigrant 'American dream' story of Aardvark's founding family. Letterpress inks and physically embosses the paper, giving the print a tactile relief impression. Released during the pandemic, it doubled as a fundraiser to help sustain the shop.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 349.34. Observed range 180.83–489.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-04. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.