Jim Dine b. 1935
For nearly six decades, American artist Jim Dine has evoked the power of symbolism, familiarity, and the search for self through a variety of mediums. A seeming critique on modern society, Dine places personal possessions and regular objects at the focal point of his prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures. His evolving imagery includes reoccurring themes such as heart shapes, bathrobes, tools, and the human body for which he is best known.
Dine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1935. His grandfather owned a hardware store where he worked throughout his youth later influencing his interest in ordinary objects. “I grew up with tools…I’ve always been enchanted by these objects made by anonymous hands,” he has stated. From 1953-1957 Dine studied poetry at the University of Cincinnati and later the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. After receiving his BFA from the Ohio University in Athens, GA, he moved to New York in 1958.
Auction Results Jim Dine
Jim Dine
Swaying in the Florida Night
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,125
Jim Dine
The New French Tools 3 - For Pep from New French Tools
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $1,125
Jim Dine
Heart for Film Forum
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $1,125
Jim Dine
Ten Winter Tools (Awl)
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $1,063
Jim Dine
Lithographs of the Sculpture: The Plant Becomes a Fan (five works)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,000
Jim Dine
2 Robes (Fern's, Acid and Water) (diptych)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $3,500
Jim Dine
Fortress of the Heart
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $7,500
Jim Dine
Dorian Gray in Multi-coloured Vinyl Strip Cape from The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)
estimate: $400–600
result: $1,125
Jim Dine
Untitled
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $8,125
Jim Dine
Untitled
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625
Jim Dine
Untitled
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625
Jim Dine
Dinner
estimate: $600–800
result: $875