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Sat, Nov 1, 2014 12:00PM EDT - Sun, Nov 2, 2014 11:00AM EST
Lot 221

Shepard Fairey 'Obey' Serigraphs, Signed

Estimate: $500 - $700

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Set of three lithographs 'Obey' by Shepard Fairey (b. 1970). 'Born Frank Shepard Fairey and known professionally as Shepard Fairey, he began his career after training at the Rhode Island School of Design, as a graphics artist, creating with his business, Alternate Graphics, stickers, skateboards and posters that he advertised through mailing catalogs. In 1994, a documentary film, Andre the Giant Has a Posse, featured Fairey "and the growing phenomenon of his subversive stickers and posters." This brought him much attention, and his business, based in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, grew. Among his new products was a skateboard video, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), that featured skateboarders, many of them friends from his own skateboarding days... He also has created a clothing and art work line, OBEY, and in 2009, a controversial poster, Progress, to show his support of presidential candidate Barack Obama.' {source: askart}

Condition

very good