Shepard Fairey • Obama Prints

[Georgie Poppit]

21st century most iconic piece of graphic design and forever a part of American history.

[New Wave Dave]

The later IMO. Even if Obama's legacy was diminished with time (which I personally don't think it will), as others have mentioned, this image will be one of the top iconic images whenever an image is needed to show art and politics intersecting.

Someone got a steal on a recent ebay hammer of just over 1k for the original Progress version.

[New Wave Dave]

I'd also like to add that the Obama piece is one of the only pieces I own that actually has a story around it that most viewers, or those not versed in street art, understand and experienced and thus, have some kind of attachment to. That alone makes this a center piece for any collection. 

It goes really well with my Daily Mirror front page image discussing the second Bush election win: '“How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?”

[Daniel Silk]

The Shepard Fairey Barack Obama Hope portrait at the national portrait gallery in Washington DC.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-kXtSubDj

[Gentle Mental]

Does anyone has any auction recent price records of PROGRESS 24x36 silkscreen, and HOPE (ed 600 offset litho)? The last i can find on artsy is 40k USD a year ago at sotheby's - was that an anomaly or the way things are moving forward?

[henryc]

I don't know if I ever posted this but I bought a vote a good ten years ago and managed to get Shepard to sign it

[SFBM]

Aug 14, 2022 3:34:26 GMT 1 henryc said:

I don't know if I ever posted this but I bought a vote a good ten years ago and managed to get Shepard to sign it

Did he sign the glass on the frame?

o b e y o b e y o b e y 

[New Wave Dave]

A signed Progress on eBay recently went for about US1,300. Presumably it was a legit piece. They usually tend to sit for sale at the 6k mark. I would suspect demand for the Progress ones are a bit less because they are smaller in print dimension and not as iconic.

[henryc]

Yes on the glass.
Couldn't care less tbh.
And certainly couldn't be more legit than this too..

[Con Art Studio]

Aug 14, 2022 17:37:11 GMT 1 New Wave Dave said:

A signed Progress on eBay recently went for about US1,300. Presumably it was a legit piece. They usually tend to sit for sale at the 6k mark. I would suspect demand for the Progress ones are a bit less because they are smaller in print dimension and not as iconic.

There are two different versions of Progress, the original was 24x36”, this was the first Obama print Shepard made and is the same size as the Hope image, and then a small 9x12” was produced. Both are screen prints, none of the Hope prints are screen prints. That one that sold for $1,300 is most likely the smaller print. While the progress print is not as popular than the hope print, the 24x36” version fetches much more than $1,300.

[New Wave Dave]

Thanks, Conart, for this clarification. I had always assumed the few larger ones I had seen online were counterfeit, haha. My mistake! Had both of these versions been created before the Obama folks came got involved? You don't by any chance know the approximate numbers these were created in? I'm reading online 500 for the small, 350 for the larger size.

[Con Art Studio]

Aug 15, 2022 22:52:43 GMT 1 New Wave Dave said:

Thanks, Conart, for this clarification. I had always assumed the few larger ones I had seen online were counterfeit, haha. My mistake! Had both of these versions been created before the Obama folks came got involved? You don't by any chance know the approximate numbers these were created in? I'm reading online 500 for the small, 350 for the larger size.

The progress prints were made before obama’s campaign got involved. Shep made them to help promote Obama in the California primaries and the campaign reached out afterward and asked to use the image. If I remember correctly, the progress prints were initially sold to raise money so Shep could do his grassroots pastering in California for Obama. After the campaign got involved, Progress was changed to Hope because that was the slogan the campaign was using.

the 24x36” print was released on January 30, 2008 and was an edition of 350

the 9x12” print was released on March 2, 2008 and was an edition of 400

[Georgie Poppit]

The Progress edition of 350 is the first edition of this image. It’s also a screen print whereas Hope is just a litho and an edition of 400.

[irl1]

Aug 16, 2022 0:41:57 GMT 1 Georgie Poppit said:

The Progress edition of 350 is the first edition of this image. It’s also a screen print whereas Hope is just a litho and an edition of 400.

HOPE is an edition of 600 for sure. 

Here are some pictures from Sothebys words words 

www.sothebys.com/en/search?cmp=_BRA_gg_sea_tffc_ao_uk_en_2021___hp_searesp___brand&s_kwcid=AL%2113028%213%21492170444768%21e%21%21g%21%21sothebys.&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgO2XBhCaARIsANrW2X2Z22IG_eSs2VzF4zgY5cwXsmoUnB-HQstlrbtOUNJWAPQl5z98CFYaAq97EALw_wcB&query=shepard%20fairey%20hope&tab=objects

[Winter]

I own a Progress which I bought on release. Been stored flat for a very long time. If anyone is ever looking to buy one let me know

[raragones]

Shepard Fairey Vote:

24" x 18" (60 x 45 cm)
Obtained from obama campaign
Released in october 2008
It has been kept in plane
Great for framing

Offset Lithograph of the famous "VOTE" art piece from Shepard Fairey created as part of the historic Obama for President Campaign 2008. Only available in a Limited Edition of 5000. These were not signed or numbered when released.

This print is becoming rare, because it has been used a lot during the road shows of the Obama campaign. Official poster bears both the OBEY and the Obama logos at the bottom.
















HOPE for Obama - Design by Robert Indiana

Limited original print from 2007/2008 used by Obama for America Campaign 2008.

Very rare edition to get from well-known creator of LOVE, Robert Indiana, who plays with a new different concept of HOPE to support Obama campaign.

Printed on solid and high-quality paper.

Dimensions:
25.5 x 25.5 inch
65 x 65 cm

Poster is in excellent condition.
Always stored flat. Never framed.

[dullahmo]

Sotheby`s auction result for the recent HOPE print (Contemporary Discoveries) - www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/contemporary-discoveries-5/hope-xi-wang?locale=en

Looks like they estimated 15,000-25,000 HKD. Surely this is more in line with the Offset lithograph edition. NOT the screenprint AP edition?

Is this an absolute steal?

[Londown 01]

Why did you feel the need to post this across 4 threads??


Thank you very much [this is just to meet the word cunt]

[Wanchope]

Do you know what it went for Words words words words words words and it’s words

[dullahmo]

Nov 12, 2022 22:43:46 GMT 1 Wanchope said:

Do you know what it went for Words words words words words words and it’s words

24,000 HKD (including buyers premium) words words words words lots of words words words lots of wordity words

[Pawel]

Unless the provenance is shady this is a gretat price for the buyer. In my humboe opinion

[dullahmo]

Nov 12, 2022 23:23:06 GMT 1 Pawel said:

Unless the provenance is shady this is a gretat price for the buyer. In my humboe opinion

I would assume and hope that a big auction house like Sotheby's was strict on provenancy.

[stuckeyc]

The APs aren't screens. They are all offsets. If you want a screen it's progress you are looking for

[bsharp]

Nov 12, 2022 22:07:22 GMT 1 dullahmo said:

Sotheby`s auction result for the recent HOPE print (Contemporary Discoveries) - www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/contemporary-discoveries-5/hope-xi-wang?locale=en



Looks like they estimated 15,000-25,000 HKD. Surely this is more in line with the Offset lithograph edition. NOT the screenprint AP edition?



Is this an absolute steal?

This copy appears to be pretty heavily damaged on the front. I'm not surprised in the slightest with the quoted range. It's not clear how it's mounted, but that could be a factor also.

Also -- the 24x36 Hope was never screen printed. Every version is a litho. The numbered edition is on thicker paper (same used for screen prints), while unnumbered is thinner (like paster paper). Progress is the only 24x36 Obama image that's screen printed.

[dullahmo]

Nov 13, 2022 1:11:38 GMT 1 stuckeyc said:

The APs aren't screens. They are all offsets. If you want a screen it's progress you are looking for

So could the auction have a fake?

The last few that sold on heritage auction for 10-20kUSD all had the same description as this one (screenprint):

fineart.ha.com/itm/prints-and-multiples/shepard-fairey-b-1970-hope-2008-screenprint-in-colors-on-wove-paper-36-x-24-inches-914-x-61/a/16166-42101.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

fineart.ha.com/itm/prints-and-multiples/shepard-fairey-b-1970-hope-2008-screenprint-in-colors-on-wove-paper-36-x-24-inches-914-x-61/a/16168-42137.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515


fineart.ha.com/itm/prints-and-multiples/shepard-fairey-b-1970-hope-2008-screenprint-in-colors-on-wove-paper-36-x-24-inches-914-x-61/a/11163-43022.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

[bsharp]

Not necessarily fake, the auction houses are just incorrectly calling them screenprints just like you have been.

[LJCal]

as above, looking for edition of 600 Shep not the signed open edition. 
Looking for decent signed and numbered Lichtenstein again not in the market for posters and ephemera.
Bit of a long shot although someone did offer me lovely Lichy a while back on here. 
Cash available alongside no hassle and references. 

[bizzeeb]

I've got a small 1/400 from the "Progress" series, if you're interested. I was just going to list it here because I haven't even been displaying it, and it deserves better than a closet...

[pierrechaps]

Artcurial is auctionning many lots this Saturday including on of the first Obama series "hope" /600.
You should have a look!