Pasadena Welder, 2004

One of Shepard Fairey's extremely rare, early works from 2004!

Dimensions: 24 x 18 Inches

Medium: 3-color screen print (black, red, and cream) on cream Speckletone paper.

Provenance: Hand-signed, numbered and dated by Shepard Fairey. Gallery certificate of authenticity included.

Edition: Limited Edition of 100 (#78/100)

Year: 2004

Condition: Very Good - Very small puncture tear along the right edge of the print. See photos.

ABOUT THE ART

Released in a strictly limited, signed and numbered edition of just 100 prints, Pasadena Welder is a rare early-era work from Shepard Fairey’s iconic "Propaganda Engineering" series. Drawing heavily from Russian Constructivist aesthetics and mid-century industrial labor posters, the composition centers on a lone welder constructing the recognizable OBEY Giant emblem inside a bold, star-shaped crest.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama "Hope" poster.

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.