Jim Dine (American, b.1935)

"White Owl", a monumental cardboard intaglio etching on Arches paper, numbered 5/20 lower left, signed and dated 1995 lower right. Floated or hinged on white back mat, framed under plexi-glass in black wood frame. Hinging on art can be removed so image can be removed from backing and frame for easy shipping. This intaglio print was made from a massive piece of thick cardboard instead of the conventional metal plate. Dine first developed this method of using a cardboard plate working in collaboration with the printer Kurt Zein in Vienna. The cardboard plate was built up with acrylic gloss polymer medium to make a non-porous surface which was then worked directly with a variety of tools, including grinders, dental drills and a chainsaw. It was printed in an edition of 20 plus 10 artist proofs and 3 other proofs at the Spring Street Workshop, New York by Julia D'Amario and Bill Hall. The dedication in the print title is to the print publisher Alan Cristea (see the exhib. cat."Jim Dine: Winter Dream", with introd. by Marco Livingstone, London, Alan Cristea Gallery, 20 April-20 May 1995, pp.18-19).

Jim Dine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1935. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and the Boston Museum School and received his BFA from Ohio University in 1957.
Dine, renowned for his wit and creativity as a Pop and Happenings artist, has a restless, searching intellect that leads him to challenge himself constantly. Over four decades, Dine has produced amazing paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints, as well as performance works, stage and book designs, poetry, and even music. His art has been the subject of numerous individual and group shows and is in the permanent collections of museums around the world.
In his early work Dine incorporated images of everyday objects in his art, but he diverged from the coldness and impersonal nature of pop art by making works that fused personal passions and everyday experiences. His repeated use of familiar and personally significant objects, such as a robe, hands, tools, and hearts, is a signature of his art.
From the early 1970s Dine’s oil paintings, prints (perhaps his most successful work, usually sensitive and simple depictions of tools, robes, etc.) and drawings became increasingly figurative.

Condition: Excellent. Plexi-glass scuffed, frame with small scuffs. Hinging on art can be removed so art can be removed from backing and frame for easy shipping.