Year2025
MediumLetterpress
Dimensions13 x 10.25 in
EditionLetterpress
Edition size450
PublisherObey Giant
Original release price$65
SeriesOBEY Icon Series
EraContemporary Era
Collector6/10
Visual6/10
Historical5/10
ScarcityModerate
Artist Statement
“This Torn Icon letterpress is based on one of the many Icon Face posters put up on the street that has been ripped and torn by cleaning crews, pedestrians, and the elements. One of the things I've accepted about street art is that it will not last forever, but there is also beauty in the organic decay as the pieces live in the environment. Scarred posters, with their unpredictable textures, often have more character than the pristine ones. A functional benefit of the bold simplicity of the Icon Face is that it is legible and recognizable even when a large percentage of it is obscured or destr
About This Print
Torn Icon is a 2025 letterpress, 10.25 x 13 inches, printed on cream cotton paper with hand-deckled edges in a signed, numbered edition of 450 published by Obey Giant. The image renders the OBEY Icon Face as it appears after being ripped and torn by cleaning crews, pedestrians, and weather on the street. Fairey frames the worn, scarred poster as evidence of organic decay and street-art impermanence, noting the Icon stays legible even when largely obscured. It carries the Obey publishing chop in the lower left corner and ships with a Verisart digital certificate of authenticity. Priced at $65.
Market Context
Recently released - limited secondary-market history to date.