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Shepard Fairey Monkey Pod VSE Red & Gold Hand Stenciled
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
is because of the greater technical and labor-intensive demands of the red and gold version. A
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Adhesive, Spray Paint, Handmade Paper, Stencil

Shepard Fairey "Factory Stacks" Diptych Matching Numbered Set
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
pencil, Shepard Fairey. Both prints are numbered 180/350. "These 'Factory Stacks' images combine the
Category

2010s Street Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Tommy Ramone Collage, Gold, Obey - Shepard Fairey Street Art Print
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 350. Shepard Fairey is a major influencer in the street art
Category

2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

The End, Black Sabbath, Gold - Shepard Fairey Obey Contemporary Print
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
inches. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Numbered edition of 225. From 2016. From the Artist - I’m very sad
Category

2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey "Swan Song" Silkscreen Print Gold Metallic Inks Contemporary Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
artist Shepard Fairey in pencil. The Speckletone paper used in this print is composed of recycled
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey "Raise the Level" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey "Raise the Level" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Art Materials: Screen Print On Fine
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey Wetland Power's Silkscreen Print With Gold Metallic Inks Street
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
for caring! - Shepard Fairey Edition Details: Year: 2023 Class: Art Print Status: Official Run: 41
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Icon Water Tower, Peace Tree, Big Brother Silkscreen Gold Prints
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
white cotton archival paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Jon Furlong. Edition Details Year: 2015 Class
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Gold

Muhammad Ali "Heavyweight Ideals" Shepard Fairey Screenprint Contemporary Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey Muhammad Ali "Heavyweight Ideals" Shepard Fairey Screenprint Contemporary Art, 2023
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey Screen Print Black Earth Society Street Contemporary Art Gold Ink
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
without a plan to transition to renewable energy sources." -Shepard Manufacturer Obey Giant Edition
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey Fragile Cargo Elephant Screen Print Contemporary Art Signed
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
& Numbered This print is numbered 637/650 and is signed by the artist, Shepard Fairey. "A fusion of a few
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey "Paint It Black" Letterpress Edition Contemporary Rolling Stones
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
. "Shepard Fairey" PRINT DETAILS: Paint it Black Letterpress (Positive-Propaganda Edition). 12 x 16 inches
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Gold

Flower Power Print By Shepard Fairey Singed & Numbered Gold Metallic Inks Obey
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
of citizens, government, and corporations." -Shepard Fairey
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey Tunnel Vision Diptych Special Edition Screen Prints Contemporary
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
." Shepard Fairey Fine Art Cream Speckletone Paper 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm Matching Numbered Edition: 219
Category

2010s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Screenprint "Open Minds" Anti-Fracking Obey Giant Contemporary
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
." -Shepard Fairey Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2022 Class: Art Print Status: Official
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Covert to Overt, Gold, Triptych, Shepard Fairey, Jon Furlong - Street Art Prints
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Covert to Overt, Gold, Triptych, Shepard Fairey, Jon Furlong. 3 prints, each with dimensions 18
Category

2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey "Only The Finest Poison" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
TITLE: Shepard Fairey "Only The Finest Poison" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Street Art YEAR: 2023
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey "Sub-Standard" Silkscreen Print Street Contemporary Art Dove
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
." -Shepard Fairey A portion of proceeds from this print went to Greenpeace USA. Materials: Fine Art Paper
Category

2010s Street Art Interior Prints

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey Screen-prints: collection of 60 works (2009-2022)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Shepard Fairey Screen-prints: collection of 60 works: 2009-2022: A rare assemblage of 60 hand
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Shepard Fairey "The Woman Who Defeated Pain" Frida Kahlo Silkscreen Print
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
TITLE: Shepard Fairey "The Woman Who Defeated Pain" Frida Kahlo Silkscreen Print Contemporary Art
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Rebirth Silk Screen Print By Shepard Fairey Contemporary Art Visionary Leaders
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Metallic Inks Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbered by the artist in pencil, Shepard Fairey. Only 100
Category

2010s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey Pattern of Denial Collage Screen Print Contemporary Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
climate change. Thanks for caring! - Shepard Fairey Edition Details: Year: 2023 Class: Art Print Status
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Silkscreen Print "Fragile Peace" 2017 Jim Marshall Image Activist
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Fairey's 25-year career started in 1989 with his sticker campaign. In addition to his guerrilla
Category

2010s Pop Art More Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Print Flower Power Red Screenprint Signed & Numbered Obey Giant
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
of citizens, government, and corporations." -Shepard Fairey
Category

2010s Street Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Gold

Valarie Kaur & Shepard Fairey Silkscreen Print Obey Giant "Rebirth" Civil Rights
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
-signed by artist, Hand Signed & Numbered by the artist himself Shepard Fairey, in pencil dated 2021
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey The Clash Joe Strummer Silkscreen Print Street Contemporary Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
& Numbered by the artist in pencil, Shepard Fairey.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Silksreen Icon Un-Cut Stickers Repetition With Variation Street
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
numbered edition. -Shepard Fairey Icon Stickers (Repetition with Variation). 22 1/8 x 13 inches. Screen
Category

2010s Street Art Interior Prints

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey Peace Tree Golden Edition Artist Proof Rare Street Art 2007
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
TITLE Shepard Fairey Peace Tree Golden Edition Artist Proof YEAR 2007 CLASSIFICATION Limited
Category

Early 2000s Street Art More Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey Print Signed & Numbered NØISE/SSI Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis Remix
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Manufacturer Obey Giant Edition Details Year: 2021 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 03/30/21 Run: 400 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Cream Specketone Size: 18 X 18 Marking...
Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Gold

Shepard Fairey Print Signed & Numbered NØISE/SSI Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis Remix
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Silkscreen On Creme Fine Art Speckletone Paper 18 × 18 in 45.7 × 45.7 cm Edition of 400
Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Gold

Day of the Dead Calavera Set 21 Shepard Fairey / Ernesto Yerena Letterpress
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Letterpress. Obey version Signed by Ernesto Yerena and Shepard Fairey. Ganas version signed by Ernesto Yerena
Category

2010s Street Art More Prints

Materials

Gold

Wave Of Distress Shepard Fairey Print Obey Giant World Water Day Sephia Gold Pop
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
respect and restore the oceans." -Shepard Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2021 Run: 400
Category

15th Century and Earlier Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Gold

Embrace Justice Shepard Fairey Print Black Lives Matter Signed Numbered Pop Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Signed by both Shepard Fairey and Arlene Mejorado. A portion of the proceeds benefited Black Lives
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Embrace Justice Shepard Fairey Print Black Lives Matter Signed Numbered Pop Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Signed by both Shepard Fairey and Arlene Mejorado. A portion of the proceeds benefited Black Lives
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Ruth Bader Ginsburg "A Champion of Justice" Shepard Fairey Roe VS. Wade
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
substance." -Shepard Fairey 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm) Cream Speckletone Paper with Gold Metallic Inks
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Benefit Print for Sequoyah School Obey Giant Charity Street Urban
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Hand Signed & Numbered by the artist himself Shepard Fairey, in pencil dated 2016. Very Rare
Category

2010s Pop Art More Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Ruth Bader Ginsburg "A Champion of Justice" Shepard Fairey Roe VS. Wade
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
substance." -Shepard Fairey 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm) Cream Speckletone Paper with Gold Metallic Inks
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey Damaged Icon Screenprint Obey Giant Face Contemporary Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
: 450 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Fine Art Cream Speckle Tone With Gold Metallic Inks. Size: 18 X 24
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey Media Target 2016 Signed OBEY Giant Print Street Art Screen Print
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
by the Artist Shepard Fairey. Numbered 278 out of an edition of 450
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

Shepard Fairey - Obey Giant - Mother Nature On the Run - Urban Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Asheville, NC
caring!" -Shepard Shepard Fairey - Obey Giant - Mother Nature On the Run - Letterpress - Urban Graffiti
Category

2010s Street Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Screen

Shepard Fairey Large Format Fine Art Print "Golden Future For Some" Street Urban
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
to friends and family. One of our rarest prints by Shepard Fairey here at the gallery! Thank you
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Wide Awakes Campaign 2020 Shepard Fairey Stay Woke Print Street Art Dump Trump
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
TITLE: Wide Awakes Campaign 2020 Shepard Fairey Stay Woke Print Street Art Dump Trump YEAR: 2020
Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Lotus Ornament Gold
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Lotus Ornament Gold 2008 Screenprint 24 x 18 in. Edition
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Educate to Liberate (Premium Gold Foil Edition)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Educate to Liberate (Premium Gold Foil Edition) 4 Color screen print on Mirri Gold
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Gold, Foil

Arab Woman (gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Arab Woman (gold) 2008 Screenprint 24 x 18 in. Edition of 300
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Obey Lotus Diamond (White / Gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Obey Lotus Diamond (White / Gold) 2013 Screenprint and
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Obey Lotus Diamond (Black / Gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Obey Lotus Diamond (Black / Gold) 2013 Screenprint and
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Obey Lotus Crescent (White / Gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Obey Lotus Crescent (White / Gold) 2013 Screenprint and
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Obey Lotus Crescent (Black / Gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Shepard Fairey Obey Lotus Crescent (Black / Gold) 2013 Screenprint and
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Arab Woman Gold (2007), Screen Print, Limited Edition of 300
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Arab Woman Gold' by Shepard Fairey, 2007 18 x 24 inches (45 x 61 cm) Screen Print on Fine Art
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Tommy Ramone Collage (Gold) - Original Handsigned Screen Print
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Paris, FR
Shepard FAIREY Ramone Collage (Gold) Original screen print (serigraphy) Handsigned in pencil
Category

2010s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Power and Glory Black and Gold (Large edition of 50)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Power and Glory Black and Gold (Large signed and numbered edition of 50)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Power and Glory IV
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Fairey, Shepard Title: Power and Glory IV Date: 2014 Medium: Silkscreen and gold
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Color

BEEJOIR Oil Can (Gold Hand Embellished Unique)
Located in Englishtown, NJ
frame. RELATED ARTISTS: Invader, KAWS, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Blek Le Rat, Cleon Peterson, Futura
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paint, Ink, Screen

THE WALL GOLD (KEITH HARING)
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Aventura, FL
artists, such as Shepard Fairey. In 2013, he was included in the exhibition “Art Wars” at Saatchi Gallery
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen, Paper

MR. BRAINWASH New York Spray Can (Gold Hand Finished)
By Mr Brainwash
Located in Englishtown, NJ
, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Blek Le Rat, Street Art, Cleon Peterson, Futura, Dran, Faile, Haring, Kunstasen
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Metal

KAWS Gold Holiday SPACE Companion (KAWS space)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
. Street Art. Shepard Fairey. Damien Hirst. Pop Art. Kaws figurative sculpture. Kaws metallic. Kaws MTV
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Polyurethane

KAI & SUNNY Just An Illusion 2 (Gold Artist Proof)
By Kai and Sunny
Located in Englishtown, NJ
often for sale. Certificate of Authenticity issued by our gallery included. RELATED: Shepard Fairey
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Color

KAWS Holiday SPACE Companion (KAWS gold space holiday)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Murakami. Street Art. Shepard Fairey. Damien Hirst. Pop Art. Kaws figurative sculpture. Kaws metallic. Kaws
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Polyurethane

Red Dog (limited edition print with gold foil) by famous Street Art Pop Artists
By Faile
Located in New York, NY
and recognizable as Shepard Fairey’s “Obey” wheatpastes. Hand signed and annotated on the front with
Category

2010s Street Art Animal Prints

Materials

Gold Leaf

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Shepard Fairey Gold For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact piece of shepard fairey gold you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Street Art style, while we also have 10 Street Art versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect item from our selection of shepard fairey gold among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a choice in our collection of shepard fairey gold to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gold, black, beige, brown and more. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in screen print, gold and metal can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Shepard Fairey Gold?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of shepard fairey gold in our inventory may begin at $598 and can go as high as $8,400, while the average can fetch as much as $2,350.

Finding the Right prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.

Questions About Shepard Fairey Gold
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 7, 2024
    Shepard Fairey is famous for his street art. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the prints, posters, stickers and murals related to his Obey Giant campaign, which was an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey’s now-iconic poster of Barack Obama became part of his presidential campaign. It encapsulates a number of recurring themes in the artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of Shepard Fairey art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024
    The style of art that Shepard Fairey is best known for is contemporary art. Specifically, Fairey is a famous street artist. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of prints, posters, stickers and murals related to his Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey's iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artist's work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Shepard Fairey art.

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