Magic Circus (Detail), Lithograph from BUNNIES AND BEES -  MICRO PORTFOLIO 

Limited edition 3800/10000, including a copy of the numbered certificate. Print is numbered. Prints are 8" x 10" high quality lithographs on card stock with an embossed border. 

Artist: Mark Ryden

Title: Justification page

Condition: Mint

Print Size: 8" x 10"

Edition: 38/10000

Year: 2007

Provenance: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions

Publisher: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions

Numbered

Porterhouse Item Number: P018SE

The art comes with full historical documentation, which includes the following: Certificate of Authenticity, Letter of Appraisal, as well as additional information on the artist.

This piece is referenced as well in various catalogue raisonnés (a comprehensive, annotated listing of all the known works of an artist either in a particular medium or all media), which is provided on the Certificate of Authenticity and companion pages. Also included is the work's recorded provenance history. 

The Certificate of Authenticity accompanying this work guarantees its authenticity. COA and accompanying documents arrive under separate cover.

About the artist:

Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a singular style that blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art. His work first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in a new genre of painting, "Pop Surrealism", dragging a host of followers in his wake. Ryden has advanced from the initial surrealist strategies by choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotations.

Ryden's vocabulary ranges from cryptic to cute, treading a fine line between nostalgic cliché and resonating archetypes. Seduced by his infinitely detailed and meticulously glazed surfaces, the viewer is confronted with the juxtaposition of childhood innocence and the mysterious recesses of the soul. A subtle disquiet inhabits his paintings; the work is achingly beautiful as it hints at deeper psychic stuff beneath the surface of cultural kitsch. In Ryden's world, cherubic girls rub elbows with strange and mysterious figures. Ornately carved frames lend the paintings a baroque exuberance that adds gravity to their enigmatic themes.

Mark Ryden received a BFA in 1987 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a career-spanning retrospective "Cámara de las Maravillas" at The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Málaga, as well as an earlier retrospective "Wondertoonel" at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art. In 2017, Ryden was commissioned to create the set and costume design for a new production of Whipped Cream, put on by the American Ballet Theatre with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky. The work created by Ryden for the ballet were exhibited at the Gallery Met located at the Metropolitan Opera House. 

Mark Ryden currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.