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What is D*Face’s piece called “Untitled”
Summary
A green-cloaked, hunched figure with a pale grinning skull face — D*Face's recurring death's-head motif — clutches objects in gloved hands while small bandaged, mummy-like figures tumble down the right edge and a coiled chain descends past the legs, all set against a mottled sepia-and-cream washed ground with visible paint drips. It's a hand-worked early studio screen print that shows D*Face moving his street vocabulary of skulls and doomed characters onto paper in a deliberately raw, painterly format.
Why It Matters
D*Face built his name defacing the visual language of comic-book romance, advertising and celebrity, and the skull-faced figure here is central to that project: a memento-mori grin smuggled into pop imagery to needle consumerism and mortality. As an edition of just 24 from 2008 — the period when he was consolidating the StolenSpace scene and his transition from wheatpaste and stickers to gallery-grade editions — it documents the early street era when his motifs were still loose, hand-rendered and closer to the wall than to the polished pop screen prints that followed.
Collector Perspective
The defining feature for collectors is the edition size of 24, which is exceptionally small for a D*Face print and places this well below his common runs of 100-plus. That scarcity is real, but it cuts both ways: tiny editions rarely trade, so price discovery is thin and the work is harder to flip than his recognizable headline images (the D*Dog, the winged-eye lovers). This piece reads as an early, less-iconic studio subject rather than a flagship motif, so it appeals more to a completist or early-era specialist than to a buyer chasing the signature imagery. Condition, signature and numbering will matter heavily to value given how few exist.
Historical Context
Dated 2008 and tagged to D*Face's early street era, the print sits in the years when he was bridging illegal street output and the StolenSpace gallery program he co-founded in London's East End. The skull-faced figure and the falling bandaged characters draw on his vocabulary of doomed comic-strip personae and memento-mori imagery, rendered with the drips and washed grounds of hand-pulled studio work rather than the flat, mass-media flatness of his later pop-appropriation editions.
FAQ
What does this D*Face print depict?
A green-cloaked, hunched figure with a pale skull-like face holding objects in gloved hands, with small bandaged or mummy-wrapped figures tumbling down the right side and a coiled chain running down the legs, over a mottled sepia-and-cream washed background with paint drips.
How large is the edition?
The edition size is 24, which is very small for a D*Face print and makes this a scarce early-era piece.
What is the medium?
It is a screen print, produced in 2008, with the hand-worked painterly surface and drips characteristic of his early studio editions.
Is it signed and numbered?
D*Face limited prints are typically hand-signed and numbered by the artist, though this should be confirmed against the individual sheet before purchase.
Who is D*Face?
D*Face is Dean Stockton (b.1978, London), a British street and pop artist known for defacing comic-book, advertising and celebrity imagery with motifs like the winged-eyed D*Dog, grinning skulls and doomed comic-strip lovers; he co-founded the StolenSpace gallery.
Related Works
About the Artist
D*Face is the working name of Dean Stockton (b. 1978, London), a leading figure in British street art. He came up pasting stickers and posters across London in the early 2000s, then built a pop-fuelled visual language that defaces comic-book romance, advertising and celebrity iconography. Recurring motifs include his winged-eyed D*Dog, grinning skulls and doomed comic-strip lovers. His practice spans screenprints, hand-painted multiples, sculpture and large-scale murals worldwide, and he co-founded the StolenSpace gallery in London. His work satirises consumerism, power and our collective obsession with fame.
Collecting D*Face at Gauntlet Gallery
Where can I buy authentic D*Face prints?
Gauntlet Gallery offers an extensive, authenticated inventory of D*Face prints and contemporary editions, with new drops added regularly. Browse the current collection at gauntlet.gallery.
How does Gauntlet Gallery ensure authenticity?
Gauntlet Gallery is built on curation, authenticity and transparency — every work is vetted and its provenance, edition details and condition are disclosed up front.
Does Gauntlet Gallery add new D*Face prints?
Yes. New drops are released regularly across D*Face and other leading artists; see gauntlet.gallery for the latest inventory.