JIM DINE TOOLS
Jim Dine
Twelve Colorful Tools (For Gene Summers)
2017
Oil enamel on cast bronze
20″ x 38-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (50.8 x 97.8 x 8.9 cm)
Edition of 6
Jim Dine
The Five Hammer Etudes
2007
Five part: Etching, spit-bite aquatint, mechanical abrasion drypoint, polishing and drypoint on five sheets of Hahnemühle Copperplate Warm paper hinged on reverse
Combined sheets: 29-5/8″ x 100-3/4″ (75.2 x 255.9 cm)
Edition of 11 (+ 6 AP)
Jim Dine
Asleep with his Tools, Jim Dreams
2018
Woodcut in black with extensive hand painting on five sheets of paper
72-3/4″ x 139-3/4″ (185 x 355 cm)
Edition of 7
Jim Dine
Untitled (Tools)
2009
Portfolio of 9 lithographs
Sheet sizes vary
The smallest print in the portfolio measures 20 1/4” x 16 1/8” and the largest measures 26” x 20 3/8”
Edition of 12
Jim Dine tools are a theme central to the artist’s historical body of work. Dine’s focus on tools is connected to his family’s hardware store in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tools are symbolic; they are integral elements in the human creations which break boundaries. Every sky-scraper, piece of furniture, and airplane was created with the use of tools.
Throughout Dine’s oeuvre, tools have been powerfully presented.