Bat and Spiderweb Ceramic Tile 1993 19x15

Year1993

Not Signed 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassBlack Metal Frame w/ Black and Orange Mats 

Purchased fromGallery 2021 

Provenance / HistoryTim Burton hand-painted bat and spider web ceramic tile from his home. (ca. 1993) Original hand-painted approx. 6 in. square ceramic tile featuring a bat and spider web. Housed in a custom-made archival frame and display measuring 15 x 19 in. The tile is meticulously hand-painted in ceramic glaze by Tim Burton making this a wonderful piece of original artwork. Obtained in 2005 from Burton's one-time fiancé Lisa Marie. Purchased it from the Animazing Gallery in 2021. 

Certificate of AuthenticityAnimazing Gallery 

Additional InformationMotivated 

LID172270

Tim Burton - United States

Art Brokerage: Tim Burton American Director and Artist: b. 1958. Tim Burton was born in Burbank, California in 1958. He is an internationally recognized film director, but also has a significant career as an artist. His black-and-white pencil drawings that form a Cartoon Series were created while working at Disney in the early '80s, the pieces take an off-center position to skewer common turns of phrase and situations with the anarchy of Mad magazine. His sketches from the early '90s of Edward Scissorhands and Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas, for example, are elegant and beautiful, the emotional gravity of the socially marginal characters captured through simplicity, empathy and expressionism. Burton's work expands artistically throughout the '90s, moving beyond what he terms "cheesy sketches" into something closer to fine art. New York's Museum of Modern Art held a Tim Burton exhibit featuring sketches, concept art, and a career retrospective of the director through three separate galleries. Among the works on display were Burton's drawings, paintings, storyboards, digital and moving-image formats, puppets and maquettes, props, costumes, ephemera, sketchbooks and cartoons. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.