Artist Statement
“SID SWINDLE Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 350” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Sid Swindle (Giant Rock 'n' Roll Swindle) is a 2002 screen print by Shepard Fairey, published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 350, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The work portrays a punk-rock subject in Fairey's high-contrast graphic style, with the title nodding to rock-and-roll spectacle and the 'Swindle' framing he used across several 2002 prints. The piece sits within his music-and-counterculture and pop-culture themes, presenting a music-world figure rendered in bold flat color and stylized linework. Its 350-print run places it among the larger early-2000s Obey Giant screen-print editions.
Market Context
No recorded public sales >= $100 - pieces like this are typically held long-term by investors/collectors, were destroyed or consumed, or do not surface on the open market.