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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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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...
Category

1990s Pop Art More Prints

Materials

Drypoint, 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...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Oil Crayon, Drypoint, Etching, Offset

Tool Drypoint: Paintbrush by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images. Crisbrook paper (30 x 22 in. / 76.2 x 56 cm.) and p...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

The Old Professor (Oo La La) Jim Dine lithograph and Ron Padgett poetry
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Bright orange leaps up like flames, or swaying grass, over which hovers a large-eyed bee sketched in black and orange. Over the fire-red in neat handwriting Ron Padgett's poem: “The ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Limited Edition Williams College Museum exhibition print on lithographic paper
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine Limited Edition Williams College Museum print, 1976 Offset lithograph poster on off white wove lithographic paper Limited edition of 300 Published by Pace Editions, with co...
Category

1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Louisiana Hearts
By Jim Dine
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Jim Dine Title: Louisiana Hearts Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph and etching in colors on TH Saunders paper Edition: 100; signed, numbered and dated in pencil Sheet: 17 1/2 x 1...
Category

1980s Pop Art More Prints

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

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