Shepard Fairey AK-47 Lotus Signed Numbered 399/550 Screen Print 2022 OBEY Giant
About the work
About This Piece
Gauntlet Gallery · Authenticated Street & Pop Art
Shepard Fairey — “AK-47 Lotus” · 2022
Signed & numbered 399/550
The Work
AK-47 Lotus is one of Shepard Fairey's most enduring meditations on the tension between violence and peace. The composition fuses the silhouette of the world's most recognizable assault rifle with the serene, unfolding petals of a lotus, a flower that across many traditions symbolizes purity, rebirth and transcendence rising from murky water. In Fairey's hands the pairing becomes an argument: that beauty and destruction spring from the same human impulse, and that we choose which to cultivate.
Built from Fairey's decorative Art Nouveau flourishes and a warm red, cream and black palette, the print turns an instrument of war into an object of contemplation. It is not a naive call for pacifism so much as a challenge, asking the viewer to hold both images at once and decide where they stand. The motif recurs across Fairey's career precisely because it distills his broader project into a single, elegant emblem.
Hand-signed and numbered 399/550 in pencil by Shepard Fairey.
Details at a Glance
| Artist | Shepard Fairey |
|---|---|
| Title | AK-47 Lotus |
| Year | 2022 |
| Medium | Screen print on cream Speckletone paper |
| Edition | Signed & numbered 399/550 |
| Size | — |
| Subject | Anti-war / peace |
| Signature | Hand-signed and numbered 399/550 in pencil by Shepard Fairey |
| Condition | Very Good |
Condition
Graded Very Good. Please review every photo closely — the images are part of the description and show the actual piece you will receive.
Authenticity & Provenance
Hand-signed and numbered 399/550 in pencil by Shepard Fairey. This is an authentic Shepard Fairey / OBEY Giant limited-edition print.
This release is documented in the Gauntlet Gallery Shepard Fairey reference archive at fairey.gauntlet.gallery.
Sold by Gauntlet Gallery, a specialist dealer in authenticated street art and pop art. Questions are welcome before purchase.
Shipping & Handling
- Ships flat-rolled in a heavy-duty tube, protected in an archival sleeve, fully insured.
- Packed and shipped from a smoke-free studio in Concord, CA.
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