Shepard Fairey OBEY Long Playing Records Artist Proof AP Signed Screen Print

This print is designated AP (Artist’s Proof) — a designation reserved for impressions pulled outside the numbered edition, typically for the artist’s personal use, gallery placement, or sale through private channels. In fine art printmaking, APs are produced in much smaller quantities than the numbered run (industry standard is typically 10% of the edition or fewer). The “OBEY Records” design has been released in limited numbered editions that sold out immediately upon release, making these AP impressions among the rarest versions available. AP impressions are identical in quality and printing to the numbered edition — they come from the same screens, the same ink runs, the same paper stock. The difference is scarcity and provenance. In the secondary market, APs consistently command a premium over their numbered counterparts because of their limited availability and their closer association with the artist’s personal archive