JIM DINE TOOLS
![Jim Dine Twelve Colorful Tools Jim Dine Sculpture of Colorful Tools made in Bronze](https://7e5b3b.p3cdn2.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jim-Dine-Twelve-Colorful-Tools.jpg)
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
![3_JD_The_Five_Hammer_Etudes_LgEmail Jim Dine Sculpture of Colorful Tools made in Bronze](https://7e5b3b.p3cdn2.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/3_JD_The_Five_Hammer_Etudes_LgEmail.jpg)
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)
![Asleep with His Tools, Jim Dreams Brightly colored 5-panel print of tools and figures by Jim Dine](https://7e5b3b.p3cdn2.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/5Print2.jpg)
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 Tools Portfolio Print Jim Dine Tools Portfolio Print](https://7e5b3b.p3cdn2.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jim_Dine_Tools_Portfolio_Print_1000_L.jpg)
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.