James Jean valuation
Award-winning comic cover artist who became a painter of dense, dreamlike worlds.
James Jean was born in Taiwan, grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2001.
What a work by James Jean is worth
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Bio
James Jean was born in Taiwan, grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2001. His comic covers, among them Fables and The Umbrella Academy, won seven Eisner Awards, and his commercial work has included murals and textiles for Prada. He has since concentrated on painting and printmaking — intricate, flowing compositions of figures, flora and myth — while still designing the occasional film poster and collaboration.
Prints are a large part of the market, released as giclées and screenprints in editions that often sell out on release, alongside original paintings and drawings, which are far scarcer. Edition size, printing method and any hand-embellishment separate one print from another, and signed editions need telling apart from open editions and posters of the same image. Comic cover art and original illustration are a distinct category, with provenance questions of their own.
DC, Marvel and Prada
Jean moved from New York to Los Angeles in 2003. From 2001 he drew covers for DC Comics and Marvel, and won three consecutive Harvey awards and medals from the Society of Illustrators as well as the Eisners; his clients included Time, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Target.
In 2007 he painted a mural for Prada's Epicenter stores in New York and Los Angeles and a backdrop for its spring 2008 show in Milan, which was turned into clothing, bags and shoes, and in 2008 he wrote and designed an animated short for the brand. He made prints for Prada's Resort 2018 collection.
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