Artist Statement
“Ripped Poster Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 100” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Ripped Poster is a 2001 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 100, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The work plays on the look of a torn, weathered street poster, referencing the layered, distressed surfaces of pasted urban walls where Fairey's OBEY campaign lived. Built from the studio's flat-color, propaganda-poster vocabulary, it converts the accidental textures of street fly-posting into a deliberate graphic motif. With its small stated run of 100, it is among the more limited early-period Obey Giant screen prints in this group.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 529.32. Observed range 423.45–635.18. Latest recorded sale: 2021-03-09. Limited recorded sales. Estimate is a hypothetical projection at ~15% flat annual growth, shown as an 80-120% band; treat as indicative.