Shepard Fairey, Marilyn I (2026)

Marilyn I (2026)

• Artists: Shepard Fairey (American, born 1970)
• Medium: Screenprint on 80# cream Speckletone paper
• Dimensions :  45.72 × 60.96 cm
• Edition: 500 
• Signature: Hand-signed by  Shepard Fairey and hand-numbered
• Emboss: OBEY stamp blind emboss lower right

Marilyn I (2026) is one of Shepard Fairey's most refined and enduring portraits — a large-format screenprint that subjects the most mythologised face of the twentieth century to the same graphic treatment Fairey applied to Cold War propaganda posters, revolutionary iconography, and his own iconic Hope image. Marilyn Monroe emerges from a muted palette of sage green, teal, peach, and cream — colours that simultaneously evoke vintage Hollywood portraiture and Soviet-era graphic design — rendered in Fairey's signature flat, layered style that strips celebrity down to its essential visual grammar.

The work belongs to a long tradition of artistic engagement with Monroe's image — most famously Warhol's 1967 portfolio — but Fairey's treatment is distinctly his own: where Warhol used colour to multiply and commodify, Fairey uses it to monumentalise and interrogate, his street-art lineage giving the portrait an urgency and a political edge that elevates it beyond mere homage. The OBEY blind emboss stamp in the lower right corner is Fairey's signature authentication mark, present on all his officially published editions.

Printed on 80# cream Speckletone paper — a premium uncoated stock with a warm, slightly textured surface that complements the muted, almost analogue quality of the colour palette — and produced in an edition of 500, each impression is signed by the artist. This example is numbered /500 — the first impression of the edition. Fairey's prints are actively collected worldwide and consistently achieve strong results on the secondary market.

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Is this an original Shepard Fairey print? Yes — an original screenprint on Speckletone paper, signed by the artist and blind-embossed with the OBEY stamp, from an edition of 500.

What is the edition size? 500 impressions. This example is numbered /500 — the first impression of the edition.

What is the OBEY emboss stamp? The blind emboss stamp bearing the OBEY logo is Shepard Fairey's standard authentication mark, applied to all officially published editions as a guarantee of authenticity.

What is Speckletone paper? An 80# uncoated cream stock with a subtly textured, warm surface — widely used in fine art screenprinting for its ability to absorb ink richly while preserving the warmth and depth of the colour palette.

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Do you ship internationally? Yes — worldwide, with museum-grade packaging, full insurance, and shipment tracking.