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Why did Jim Dine draw tools?

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Why did Jim Dine draw tools?
Jim Dine drew tools for several reasons. He believes that tools connect humans with the past, and he is interested in capturing the history of humanity through the tools used by previous generations in his art. In addition, tools hold personal significance for Dine, whose family owned a hardware store in Cincinnati, Ohio. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Jim Dine art.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024
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Jim Dine Red Design for Satin Heart "The Picture of Dorian Grey" bleeding heart
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This proof depicts one of Jim Dine's signatures motifs, a deep red heart, which drips down the page. Along the right side of the heart, hand-drawn text reads: “Red design for satin h...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jim Dine - print with hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed, unique variant
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine The Christmas Print (Burg, 26), 2001 Drypoint, direct gravure, etching over offset lithograph with hand coloring by artist in oil stick, on T.H. Saunders paper, the full she...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Oil Crayon, Drypoint, Etching, Offset

Pinocchio (Framed Pop Art Screen Print by Jim Dine)
By Jim Dine
Located in Hudson, NY
Limited edition 'Pinocchio' screen print by Pop Art icon, Jim Dine (b. 1935) Published by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 41 x 29.5 inches in black frame Seven color screen ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print
By Jim Dine
Located in Surfside, FL
Jim Dine (American, b. 1935) Etching depicting Pinocchio Published by Enitharmon Press for Whitman College, London 1999 Hand signed in pencil lower right. Measures 9" x 7" sheet siz...
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1990s Pop Art More Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Dynamite
By Jim Dine
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Jim Dine Title: Dynamite Year: 1998 Medium: Woodcut, aquatint, etching and power tool drypoint in colors on Folio Antique paper Edition: 18; signed, numbered and dated in pen...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Woodcut

Ex Voto
By Jim Dine
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jim Dine (b. 1935) was one of the key artists that shaped American Pop art in the 1960s. Like Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol, Dine appropriated quintessential American images in his wo...
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1990s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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