This Is Your God (HPM)

Work Summary & Collector Notes

This Is Your God (HPM) is a 2024 screen print published with Hecho Con Ganas in a signed, numbered edition of 100, measuring 24 x 31.5 inches on Crane's Lettra cotton rag paper with hand-deckled edges. Hand-finished with three screen-printed layers and a hand-stenciled star, each print varies in color and sheen. The image reworks Fairey's faux dollar-bill graphic reading "THIS IS YOUR GOD," derived from John Carpenter's film They Live. It restates the OBEY campaign's central idea that obedience and consumer spending transfer power. Priced at $600 with a Verisart digital certificate of authenticity.

Collector notes: First Edition · HPM; saved release record states an edition size of 100. The saved release record describes: signed; numbered. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet groups this work under Consumerism and power for discovery; that category is a navigation aid, not an authentication conclusion.

Historical Context

In the artist's words / from the release record:

“"This dollar is worth exactly what you are willing to give in order to get it. Obedience is the most valuable currency." This 24 x 31.5-inch "This is Your God" fine art print was produced in collaboration with Hecho Con Ganas and includes three screen-printed layers with a hand-stenciled star to achieve unique variations in color and sheen on each print. I originally produced the 18 x 24-inch version of this print for my "This is Your God" show in 2003 at the Six Space gallery in downtown L.A., for which I sent out 800 hand-stamped dollar bills with the show invitations. The show was an oppor

Documented Release Details

Object type

Editioned screenprint

Release date

2024-08-29

Release-date note

Catalog-listed release year/date from the saved secondary record; primary release-page confirmation remains pending.

Series

OBEY Icon Series

Medium and materials

Screen Print | Hand Finished; catalog dimensions 31.5 x 24 in.

Edition details

First Edition · HPM; saved release record states an edition size of 100.

Signature and marks

The saved release record describes: signed; numbered. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.

Documented History and Meaning

History note: Shepard Fairey's OBEY / Andre the Giant campaign began in 1989 and grew into a long print and public-art practice; this page treats that as career context, not proof that this specific edition belongs to any single exhibition.

Meaning / interpretation: In the artist's or release record's own words: “"This dollar is worth exactly what you are willing to give in order to get it. Obedience is the most valuable currency." This 24 x 31.5-inch "This is Your God" fine art print was produced in collaboration with Hecho Con Ganas and includes three screen-printed layers with a hand-stenciled star to achieve unique variations in color and sheen on each print. I originally produced the 18 x 24-inch version of this print for my "This is Your God" show in 2003 at the Six Space gallery in downtown L.A., for which I sent out 800 hand-stamped dollar bills with the show invitations. The show was an oppor. This can be read as the documented intent for the work; no additional endorsement is assumed. This interpretive note follows the cited artist or publisher context.

Release context: The saved catalog lists 2024-08-29 and attributes the edition to Hecho Con Ganas. It is grouped under OBEY Icon Series in the saved record. The saved record notes an original release price of USD $600.00.

Authentication, Presentation and Provenance

Original presentation

Original packaging or presentation was not documented in the release sources reviewed.

Authentication note

Compare the support, dimensions, edition number, and signature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet Gallery does not authenticate works purchased from third parties.

Provenance note

Edition origin is attributed in the saved record to Hecho Con Ganas. That does not establish the ownership history of an individual copy: retain the original invoice, reseller or gallery paperwork, labels, correspondence, and condition photographs.

Sources and Verification

Verification status: Secondary catalog snapshot; artist-level context added

1. Saved release record — Art Collectorz · secondary catalog snapshot · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Starting record for title, date, edition, dimensions, medium, release price, and release description. Primary confirmation against the original release page remains pending.
2. About — Shepard Fairey / OBEY GIANT — Obey Giant · primary artist source · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Official OBEY GIANT artist biography and career context; it is not an individual-edition record.
3. Shepard Fairey — Wikipedia · reference encyclopedia · Accessed 2026-07-13 · General artist-level biographical and career reference.
4. Shepard Fairey (Q1142847) — Wikidata · reference knowledge base · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Structured identifier used for the artist across catalog metadata.

Market Context

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