The Most Special Day of My Life, Clayton Bros., SIGNED, Limited Fine w/Slipcase & Print

Clayton, Rob, Christian Clayton, The Most Special Day of My Life, San Francisco: Last Gasp for La Luz de Jesus, 2003 

English Fine limited edition, SIGNED

ISBN: 086719572X

A Fine/As New book in a Fine slipcase, SIGNED, First Edition, 4to, 11 1/2" x 9 1/2." Multicolored pictorial paper-covered boards, white lettering on maroon spine. Comes in a chocolate cloth cloth slipcase with red-foil illustrations to front and back, red-foil title to slipcase spine. Striking full-color illustrations with short essay by. Original giclee print SIGNED by the Clayton Brothers included (print is tipped in on a front page). Print is no. 189 of 200 copies ("189/200" handwritten in pencil in lower-left corner of print). SIGNED twice by both Clayton Brothers: "C. Clayton" and "R. Clayton" in pencil in lower-right corner of print and in silver marker below the print on the page it is mounted on. 183 pp., including illustrations and Index.

The Clayton Brothers are an artist-sibling duo based in Los Angeles. Rob Clayton (b. 1963) and Christian Clayton (b. 1967) both graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where they both currently teach illustration. They started working together in the mid 90s, handing canvases back and forth, developing a shared autobiographical vocabulary and a sense of play. Using mixed media and found images, they create characters and spaces inflected with sideshow posters and early advertisements. The extemporaneous joy transmits onto the canvas, reenacting the weirdness of childhood with vibratory nostalgia. The Clayton Brothers are associated with the lowbrow and pop surreal movements coming out of La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles and Last Gasp in San Francisco.