What is Shepard Fairey’s piece called “Guerilla One x The Seventh Letter Collaboration Print”?

Artist Statement

GUERILLA ONE X THE SEVENTH LETTER COLLABORATION PRINT OBEY, Guerilla One, and The Seventh Letter have always had a strong long-lasting friendship and creative relationship with numerous collaborations including the late 90's Free GKAE print, created by Shepard and Casey Zoltan from The Seventh Letter, to raise funds for GKAE’s legal fees. This current project was created to symbolize both strength in numbers and unity by way of collaboration. The Seventh Letter, Obey Giant, and Guerilla One have all stood individually and collectively as pillars in the graffiti /street art scene both domestically and internationally. Its apparent that the 3 collaborators will continue to support street art by creating new platforms that encourage and inspire many worldwide. I met Eddie and Casey in the late 90's around the time I started coming from San Diego to LA to put up posters. Casey’s Seventh Letter Crew had all the best graffiti spots, and Eddie was promoting the scene through his website Guerilla One, and promoting the website through obsessive sticker bombing. I’ve met too many cool people to name through these guys and it is always a pleasure to work with them. I’d say “stay up”, but they need no reminder. -Shepard “I have always rolled with G1 and Shepard through thick and thin and will always have their backs forever on a street and professional level”. - Casey EKLIPS Zoltan, Founder of THE SEVENTH LETTER “When we started doing graffiti, putting up stickers we had no idea the places it would take us, and no matter where we go from here we will stay loyal to those who have helped us get there.” - Eddie Donaldson, Founder of Guerilla One This print is an edition of 450, 18 x 24, $45 and Signed by Shepard.

Summary

Guerilla One x The Seventh Letter Collaboration Print is a 2009 screen print published by Obey Giant in an edition of 450, measuring 18 x 24 inches and signed by Shepard Fairey. Released March 11, 2009 at $45, it marks a collaboration between OBEY, Guerilla One, and The Seventh Letter, longtime allies in the graffiti and street-art scene. Fairey describes the project as symbolizing strength in numbers and unity through collaboration, recalling friendships formed in the late 1990s when he came from San Diego to Los Angeles to put up posters and met figures including Casey Zoltan and Eddie Donaldson.

Why It Matters

This print documents one of the foundational friendships of West Coast street art, tying OBEY to Guerilla One and The Seventh Letter as, in Fairey's words, pillars of the graffiti and street-art scene domestically and internationally. Its stated theme, strength in numbers and unity through collaboration, makes the work itself a statement about community among street artists rather than a political message aimed outward. The accompanying text is unusually rich: Fairey recounts meeting Casey Zoltan and Eddie Donaldson in the late 1990s, the period when he was traveling from San Diego to LA to wheatpaste posters, and references their long history including the earlier Free GKAE benefit print. Quotes from both Zoltan and Donaldson underscore loyalty and shared roots. For collectors, this gives the print strong documentary value as a record of street-art history and the relationships that shaped the LA scene. The edition of 450 is moderate, and the source does not claim sell-out or value, so its importance rests on the collaboration and the firsthand narrative rather than on scarcity. It is a community-and-collaboration piece more than a marquee graphic.

Collector Perspective

This print speaks to collectors of street-art and graffiti history, especially those who follow The Seventh Letter and Guerilla One, and to Fairey collectors who prioritize collaboration and provenance. The detailed firsthand account of late-1990s LA, plus quotes from Casey Zoltan and Eddie Donaldson, give it narrative depth that document-minded buyers prize. At 18 x 24 inches with Shepard's signature, it frames cleanly and fits a wall built around street-art lineage and crew culture. Within a collection it works as a connective piece linking OBEY to the broader graffiti world. The moderate edition of 450 keeps it accessible. Buyers should value it for its community story and historical ties rather than as a standalone visual showpiece.

Historical Context

Dated March 2009, this print formalizes relationships that Fairey traces to the late 1990s, when he traveled from San Diego to Los Angeles to put up posters and connected with Casey Zoltan's Seventh Letter crew and Eddie Donaldson's Guerilla One. The work references their long collaborative history, including the earlier Free GKAE print made to raise legal funds, situating it within the network that helped establish West Coast street art. Rather than advancing a political or music theme, it celebrates unity and mutual support among street artists, positioning OBEY, The Seventh Letter, and Guerilla One as enduring scene pillars. In Fairey's arc it represents the community-building, collaborative strand of his practice and serves as a primary-source document of the friendships and crews behind the LA graffiti and street-art movement.

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