%C2%A9 Jim Dine %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York
The Robe in France, 1985
Jim Dine; Publisher: Pace Editions, New Yorkexpand_more
Color lithograph, soft-ground etching, and power-tool drypoint, with hand-coloring on paperexpand_more
Gift of Mary and Bob Merskyexpand_more 2014.62.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Though Jim Dine resisted the label of "Pop artist,” his work is replete with objects, words, and other motifs that are common to the Pop lexicon. Indeed, he has regularly explored the role that familiar objects play in everyday life, regarding them as "a vocabulary of feelings." But unlike most Pop artists, Dine favored painterly techniques, a largely subjective approach that can in part be traced to the avant-garde experiments of the abstract expressionists. In this hand-colored print, Dine presents an exuberant version of his familiar motif of the “standing bathrobe,” a recurrent theme that along with the heart, hand, skull, and tools, can be interpreted as an emblematic self-portrait. The empty robe appears animated, almost defiant, as if it was being worn by some invisible entity. Its bold patchwork of color and shape serves as a witty take on the artist’s creative identity and character.
Details
- Title
- The Robe in France
- Artist Life
- born 1935
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2014.62.2
- Provenance
- [Modernism, San Francisco, until 1985; sold to Mersky]; Robert B. Mersky, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2014.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- D'Oench/Feinberg 184
- Curator Approved
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