Semi-wildstyle graffiti piece "Tead"

Semi-wildstyle graffiti piece "Tead"

AAT: Wildstyle
AAT: graffiti art
AAT: pieces (graffiti art)
LCSH: Graffiti--Michigan--Detroit--21st Century.

Graffiti painted on concrete viaduct of the artist's name "TEAD" against a red background. The letters are painted in two shades of teal blue and intertwined, with the letters overlapping and twisting around each other. A 3-D shadow effect is created by using purple with red-orange areas with regular black tripes. The date "2012" is painted in white in the upper left corner. To the left of this are the letters RA over DFW in white. White lettering painted in the upper part of the "D" begins "Tead[indeciperable]. "Detroit" is sprayed down the right at the edge of the concrete footing for the viaduct.

Tead (Jordan Vaughn)

Created: 2012
Photographed: 2023-09-21

The heirs of Tead (Jordan Vaughn) hold the copyright for this painting. All rights reserved.

The Yard: Graffiti Museum

spray paint on concrete

Still Image

DMM_2022_00252

Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. (n.d.). The Yard Graffiti Museum. Detroit, MI; Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. https://detroitriverfront.org/sites/default/files/images/SW-Graffiti-Museum-booklet-8.5x11.pdf (Accessed October 23, 2023)

Detroit Greenways Coalition. (2023, July 8). Southwest Greenway. Detroit Greenways Coalition. https://detroitgreenways.org/projects/southwest-greenway/ (Accessed October 23, 2023)

Address: viaducts at the intersection of Rosa Parks & W. Lafayette Blvds., Detroit, MI 48216
Coordinates: 42.323604, -83.067126