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.
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Swaying in the Florida Night
result: $2,125
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The New French Tools 3 - For Pep from New French Tools
result: $1,125
Jim Dine
Heart for Film Forum
result: $1,125
Jim Dine
Ten Winter Tools (Awl)
result: $1,063
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Lithographs of the Sculpture: The Plant Becomes a Fan (five works)
result: $3,000
Jim Dine
2 Robes (Fern's, Acid and Water) (diptych)
result: $3,500
Jim Dine
Fortress of the Heart
result: $7,500
Jim Dine
Dorian Gray in Multi-coloured Vinyl Strip Cape from The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)
result: $1,125
Jim Dine
Untitled
result: $8,125
Jim Dine
Untitled
result: $5,625
Jim Dine
Untitled
result: $5,625
Jim Dine
Dinner
result: $875
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White Teeth
result: $1,625
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A Tool Box portfolio
result: $5,000
Jim Dine
A Well Painted Strelitzia
result: $2,375
Jim Dine
Venus at Sea
result: $5,000
Jim Dine
The Garrity Necklace
Jim Dine
Lost Shells (diptych)
result: $3,500
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A Robe Made for the Graphic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
result: $3,250
Jim Dine
Robe in a Furnace
result: $3,500