Image: Michael Lisi Contemporary art, New York
The gallery invites inquiries about a work by Jim Dine from 1999, described as an original spit-bite etching and aquatint with hand-coloring.
Dine made a name by using everyday objects as recurring motifs that carry intimate meaning. Those objects included bathrobes, hearts and tools, as well as storybook characters, which the supplied account identifies as part of this recurring motif-based approach.
Jim Dine was born in 1935 and is associated with the Neo-Dada and Abstract Expressionist movements, as well as, specifically, the Pop Art movement. His works include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and photography, placing the 1999 etching and aquatint within a practice that extends across several media. The supplied biographical account connects Dine with those movements and identifies printmaking among the forms in which he worked.
In his work, Dine would affix everyday, personal objects to his canvases. The examples given include tools, rope, shoes, articles of clothing and even a bathroom sink.
