President Obama & Shepard Fairey Signed 'Hope' Poster

Bid to own a Shepard Fairey HOPE original campaign poster from 2008, signed by President Barack Obama and artist Shepard Fairey.

Artist: Shepard Fairey 
Title: Hope
Year created: 2008
Medium: Offset color lithograph on paper
Height (inches): 42
Width (inches): 30
Depth (inches): 2
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is framed.

Description of piece:
Shepard Fairey "HOPE" original campaign poster from 2008, signed by President Barack Obama and artist Shepard Fairey. Image size: 36" X 24" Framed size: 42" X 30" This world-famous image largely came to represent Obama’s 2008 presidential bid and is arguably one of the most iconic piece of political art of the 21st century & President Obama’s legacy. Extremely RARE. Only a few examples exist. One is in Shepard Fairey’s private collection. An original Hope painting sold in May 2023 at auction for 1.2 million dollars. A record price for the artists work.

Artist bio:
Shepard Fairey (b. 1970 in Charleston, S.C.) In 1989, while at Rhode Island School of Design studying for his Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration (which he earned in 1992), Shepard Fairey created the “Andre the Giant has a Posse” sticker that later evolved into the OBEY GIANT art campaign. In 2008, his portrait of then-Democratic candidate Barack Obama became an internationally recognized emblem of hope. Since then, Fairey has painted more than 105 large-scale painted public murals, put up countless pieces of art in the streets, and become one of the most sought-after and provocative artists in the world, and changed the way people converse about art and view the urban landscape. The artist is perhaps best known for his Hope (2008) campaign, which portrays a portrait of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, in red, white, and blue. In 2017, the artist created a series of three posters— featuring portraits of culturally diverse women, again using a red, white, and blue color scheme—in response to the xenophobic rhetoric of President-elect Donald Trump. Fairey currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. His works are included in the collections of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A Hope painting was sold at auction in May 2023 for 1.2 million dollars, a record price for the artist. Don't miss this rare opportunity.