Artist Statement
“TOKYO ROOF Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 200 There’s an 11-story building in Tokyo across a plaza from one of the busiest subway exits in all of Tokyo (and probably anywhere else in the world). I went up to the roof and leaned over, using a long extension pole to paste an eight-foot icon face. It only ended up staying up for about a week, but it was long enough for hundreds of thousands of people to potentially see it.” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Tokyo Roof is a 2001 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 200, measuring 18 x 24 inches. Fairey's statement recounts pasting an eight-foot OBEY icon face on the roof of an 11-story Tokyo building overlooking one of the city's busiest subway exits, using a long extension pole; the paste-up lasted about a week but was seen by potentially hundreds of thousands of people. The print documents this guerrilla street-art action, centering the OBEY icon face. The record provides medium, year, dimensions, edition, and a detailed artist statement, giving strong grounding for the imagery and intent.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 1250.0. Observed range 272.0–2001.0. Latest recorded sale: 2022-12-03. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.