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Jim Dine, artist
American, 1935 -
Awl, pl. 5 from Eleven Pop Artists, Vol. I, 1965
screen print on wove paper, Mikro 35
61 x 50.5 cm (image); 61 x 50.5 cm (sheet)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts purchase 1966.80.106.5
publisher, Original Editions~printer, Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, Inc. (KMF)
Artist Biography: Born James Dine. Studied at University of Cincinnati, Boston Museum School, and Ohio University to 1958; lives in New York; early creator of Happenings and Environments (with Claes Oldenburg).~~Prominent figure in American Pop Art, best known for combination of real objects set against backgrounds of textured painted surfaces. Considered a pioneer of the "process" or performance art of the late 60s/early 70s. Later turned to representational painting of a traditional, classical type.
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