Smiley 2011 30x20

Year2011

Hand SignedOn Verso 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassPlexiglass With Match Neon Blue Frame 

Purchased fromArtist 

Provenance / HistoryThe artwork was commissioned from artist. 

Story / Additional InfoBen Eine's first ever print as an Artist. A piece that launched his career. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArtist Ben Eine 

LID138109

Ben Eine - United Kingdom

Art Brokerage: Ben Eine British Artist: b. 1970. Eine is most notable for his alphabet lettering on shop shutters in London's Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broadway Market areas. Some of these letters have been mapped for ease of finding. He has also taken his lettering to the streets of Paris, Stockholm, Hastings and Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to becoming involved in commercial graffiti, Eine was a very famous and highly credible writer in the underground London graffiti scene. Inspired by the work of fashion assassin Noki, Eine first started to explore more commercial avenues in a workshop above the Dragon Bar in Leonard Street, London (since demolished). Eine produced a number of custom clothing designs notably some custom "VANDALS" sweatshirts and started to explore screen prints eventually working as a screen printer for cult screen print company Pictures On Walls. Eine produced many of the hand pulled prints for artists represented by POW including Banksy, Jamie Hewlett, Mode2, Modern Toss and David Shrigley. His natural talent for colour combinations meant that he was able to enhance the work supplied by the artists. He left this position to pursue his own solo career in 2008. At this time Eine contributed to sticker graffiti and was prolific in East London with his neon and black EINE stickers (multiple EINE names). In his commercial work he has produced numerous lettering styles including: shutter, circus, neon, elton, vandalism and wendy. In July 2010, President Barack Obama was presented with a painting by Eine, Twenty First Century City, as an official gift from the British Prime Minister. David Cameron. Eine's work was featured at Art Below's The Peace Project.His work at the show contained his graffiti typography. One of his pieces that simply spelled out the word love titled 'Circus Love' was displayed at Regent's Park this had previously being featured in Art Below's July 2012 show where it was placed on the wall of the Central line at Oxford Circus.