Jim Dine – Etching

1979

A beautiful colour etching by the celebrated American artist Jim Dine, created in 1979.

Signed and dated in pencil lower right (Jim Dine 1979)
Numbered in pencil lower left.
From an exceptionally rare edition of only 25.

This expressive colour etching reflects Jim Dine's deeply personal and autobiographical approach to art. Dominating the composition is an intense portrait emerging from a vibrant arrangement of colourful flowers. The contrast between the contemplative expression and the richly coloured lilies and blossoms creates a powerful dialogue between vulnerability, beauty and the passing of time.

Throughout his career, flowers became one of Dine's most poetic and recurring motifs. Rather than functioning as decorative elements, they serve as emotional symbols, reflecting memory, identity and human experience. Combined with his energetic linework, rich textures and expressive mark-making, the composition possesses both remarkable intimacy and visual strength.

Sheet size: approx. 60 × 49 cm.
The work is offered unframed.
Handmade, custom framing is available upon request through our professional framing workshop, offering a wide range of styles, colors, and materials.

Jim Dine (born 1935) is one of the most influential American artists of the post-war period. Internationally acclaimed as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and poet, he has developed a highly personal visual language over more than six decades. Rather than depicting everyday objects as symbols of consumer culture, Dine transformed recurring motifs such as flowers, bathrobes, hearts, tools and self-portraits into intimate expressions of memory, identity and emotion. His masterful use of line, texture and colour gives his works a remarkable balance between spontaneity and technical precision.

Throughout his career, Dine has exhibited extensively in leading museums and galleries worldwide. His works are represented in major public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Tate Modern, London, and the Art Institute of Chicago.  

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