Shepard Fairey OBEY Printing Press 2017 Signed #/400 Damaged Stencil Series
About the work
About This Piece
Gauntlet Gallery · Authenticated Street & Pop Art
Shepard Fairey — “Printing Press (Damaged Stencil Series)” · 2017
Signed & numbered, edition of 400
The Work
Printing Press belongs to Shepard Fairey's ongoing meditation on media, information, and the power of the printed word. The image celebrates the mechanical press as an engine of ideas, a tool that once democratized knowledge and challenged those in power. For an artist who built his career on wheat-pasted paper and screen-printed multiples, the press is both subject and self-portrait, a tribute to the medium that carries his message.
This example comes from the Damaged Stencil Series, in which Fairey embraces the wear, cracks, and imperfections of his working stencils rather than concealing them. The distressed textures echo the aesthetics of street art, where posters weather, tear, and layer over time. That rawness lends the piece an urgency and authenticity, reminding the collector that these images were born on walls and in the studio, not on a pristine assembly line.
Hand-signed and numbered in pencil by Shepard Fairey from an edition of 400.
Details at a Glance
| Artist | Shepard Fairey |
|---|---|
| Title | Printing Press (Damaged Stencil Series) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Medium | Screen print on cream Speckletone paper |
| Edition | Signed & numbered, edition of 400 |
| Size | — |
| Subject | Media / free press |
| Signature | Hand-signed and numbered in pencil by Shepard Fairey; edition of 400 |
| 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 in pencil by Shepard Fairey; edition of 400. 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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