JIM DINE TOOLS
Jim Dine
Harry Mathews Skis the Vercour
1973
Diptych: Acrylic, charcoal, collage, and 14 tools and other objects on hooks on canvas
72″ x 120″ (182.9 x 304.8 cm)
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
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.