Jim
Works
Prints
A Beautiful Heart
31’’ x 25’’, Ed. AP
A Heart on the Rue de Grenelle
32 1/8’’ x 26 1/4’’ Ed. AP
Ball-Grained Heart
50’’ x 37 1/2’’, Ed. 16
Big Checkered Pinocchio
59 3/4’’ x 44 3/4’’, Ed. 12
Bill Clinton
12 3/8’’ x 10 1/8’’, Ed. 17 AP
Dexter’s Four Robes
25’’ x 21’’
Ex Voto
40’’ x 53 1/2’’, Ed. 30
Fear in Color
55 1/4’’ x 29’’, Ed. 11
Fourteen Color Woodcut Bathrobe
77 3/8’’ x 42 Ed. AP
Fresh, French and Beautiful
21 5/8’’ x 17 3/4’’ Ed. AP
Grease, Bone and Color
41 3/8’’ x 39’’, Ed. 21
Hart in Blu
27 1/4’’ x 22 5/8’’ Ed. AP
Lakeside
41 1/4’’ x 33’’ Ed. 30
L.A. Eye Works
43 1/4’’ x 37 1/8’’ Ed. AP
Owl
20’’ x 14 1/2’’, Ed. 20
Owl in the Kitchen
35 1/2’’ x 27 3/4’’, Ed. 16
Pinocchio / Lincoln Center
37’’ x 27’’, Ed. 18
Raven on White Paper
53 5/8’’ x 42 1/2’’, Ed. 15
Red Light
38’’ x 29 1/2’’, Ed. 12
Remembering Wallace Ting
49’’ x 37 3/8’’, Ed. AP
Robe with Wasp Nest
35’’ x 27’’, Ed. 14
Tartan Pants
63’’ x 48’’, Ed. 18
Technicolor
19 3/4’’ x 25 5/8’’, Ed. 25
The Black and Red Heart
63 3/4’’ x 47 1/2’’, Ed. 30
The Colorful Wall
45’’ x 37 1/2’’ Ed. AP
The Cottonwoods at Night
64’’ x 47 1/2’’, Ed. 24
Two Florida Bathrobes
24’’ x 18’’ Ed. 70
The Henry Street Robes
17 3/4’’ x 25 3/8’’
The New Building
64’’ x 47 1/2’’, Ed. 30
White Owl (For Alan)
56 1/2’’ x 29 1/4’’, Ed. 20
Women and Water
38 3/4’’ x 33 1/8’’, Ed. 14
Yellow Watercolours
55 1/2’’ x 41 1/8’’ Ed. AP
Zein Robe
54 9/64’’ x 37’’, Ed. 11
9 Studies for Winter Dream (Cat)
13’’ x 10’’, Ed. 40
9 Studies for Winter Dream (Crow)
13’’ x 10’’, Ed. 40
9 Studies for Winter Dream (Mask)
13’’ x 10’’, Ed. 40
9 Studies for Winter Dream (Owl)
13’’ x 10’’, Ed. 40
9 Studies for Winter Dream (Top Hat)
13’’ x 10’’, Ed. 40
9 Studies for Winter Dream (Complete Portfolio of Nine Prints)
13’’ x 10’’, Ed. 40
64 Blocks
62’’ x 47’’, Ed. 21
The Tide of Debt
78 3/4’’ x 51 3/16’’
Sculptures
Bouquet
54’’ x 27’’ x 25’’, Ed. 6
Five Colorful Dancers
39’’ x 63’’ x 29’’, Ed. 6
Large Parrot Screams Color
144’’ x 82’’ x 65’’, Ed. 6
Model for the Boräs Monument
25 3/4’’ x 22’’ x 13 3/4’’, Ed. 6
New Other Heart on a Rock
37 3/4’’ x 20 1/4’’ x 19’’, Ed. 4 AP
Pinocchio Bust
43’’ x 10’’ x 9’’, Ed. 8
Roman Red Venus
62’’ x 20’’ x 18’’, Ed. 8
Roman Red Venus (the Blue Patina)
62’’ x 20’’ x 18’’, Ed. 8
The Brothers and Sisters
66’’ x 46 1/2’’ x 32 1/2’’, Ed. 6
The Heart Called, ’’After the Flood’’
89’’ x 78’’ x 36’’, Ed. 6
Two Pinocchios in Blue
31 1/2’’ x 28’’ x 19 1/2’’, Ed. 8
Walking to Boräs (Short Steps)
70’’ x 40 1/2’’ x 38 1/2’’, Ed. 6
Tools + Fire
93’’ x 108’’ x 63’’, Ed. 6
Three Hearts on the Rocks
78’’ x 165’’ x 78’’, Ed. 3AP
Ex Voto
66’’ x 125 ¾’’ x 46 ½’’, Ed. 6
Biography
Born in Cincinnati in 1935, Jim Dine is a major post-war artist whose work ranges from vibrant, large-scale paintings to exquisitely-rendered, romantic drawings and bronze sculpture. Representative of the American Pop Art movement, Dine was first known for Action Painting, bringing to this form of art improvised theatrical aspects. In 1958, while he lived in New York, he responded to abstract expressionism by building installations and organizing happenings.
The deep enthusiasm following Dine’s immersion into the New York art scene was followed by deep skepticism. This uncertainty lead him to confront himself to a more traditional painting, which will led him to recklessness and gaiety of chromaticism but also the “Heart”, which will become his favorite pattern. Often colorful, his paintings use the melted technique (blurred outlines) and series, with endless variations especially in chromatic shades. The skull, found in his paintings as a reminder in the midst of many ordinary and everyday objects of the contemporary world, revives the tradition of still life.
In the works that best characterize his work, we also witness the game between the real object and the painted object, a game of trompe-l’oeil. According to him, the canvas is the last “point of contact to unreality” while the object, a symbol of life, remains mostly a concrete object.
In the 1980s, he devoted himself more to sculpture. Since then, he seems to find his models more in nature than in objects made by humans. In his painting, Jim Dine combines collages, assemblages and objects, and thus emphasizes the personal and manual nature of his work, which sets him apart from the more mechanical aesthetics of Pop Art.
In 2019, Jim Dine was appointed the Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’honneur of France.
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