'Untitled (August)' by Jim Dine, 1987
From the artist's solo exhibition at Wetterling Gallery, Sweden, 2006-2007.
Featuring the artist's original mixed media (oil, bondo and found objects on canvas), 2002.
39.25 x 27.5 Inches
100 x 70 Centimeters
Original gallery exhibit offset lithograph poster on heavy, gloss fine art paper.
Limited Edition of 500 (Sold Out).
Includes original publisher COA.
*Note: Good original condition with some signs of age/handling.
ABOUT THE ART
Jim Dine's artwork often features imagery related to August, particularly through depictions of nature and seasonal themes. One example is his 'Untitled (August)' series, which explores the beauty of the summer season. Additionally, Dine's artistic explorations extend to his grandson, August, with portraits and other depictions of the young boy.
ARTIST BIO
Jim Dine, byname of James Dine, (born June 16, 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.), American painter, graphic artist, sculptor, and poet who emerged during the Pop art period as an innovative creator of works that combine the painted canvas with ordinary objects of daily life. His persistent themes included those of personal identity, memory, and the body.
Dine studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and at Ohio University. He moved to New York City in 1958, and there he became part of a group of artists who initiated Happenings, an early form of performance art.
His early work consists primarily of images on canvas to which three-dimensional objects (e.g., articles of clothing, garden tools) are attached. His 'Shoes Walking on My Brain' (1960), for example, is a childlike painting of a face with a pair of leather shoes fixed to the forehead.
His reputation was secured during the 1960s by his wittily incongruous painted images of tools, clothes, and other utilitarian and household objects. He is particularly associated with the bathrobe and the stylized heart. The subject of Dine’s work of the 1970s remained commonplace objects, but he showed a growing preoccupation with graphic media.
Jim Dine's exploitation of nuances of line and texture is especially evident in his images of flowers and portraits of his wife done in the late 1970s.