Iris
1984
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View on museum website →Medium
drypoint, engraving, and electric tool work on Rives BFK paper (facing _Iris_ by Hilda Doolittle)
Dimensions
plate: 45.7 x 30.5 cm (18 x 12 in.) page size: 52 x 35.5 cm (20 1/2 x 14 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jim Dine, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.114.3.c
About the Artist
Jim Dine
Jim Dine, born James Lewis Dine on June 16, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants who owned a hardware store, where he spent much time surrounded by tools that would later become central motifs in his art. After his mother's death at age 12, he largely cared for himself, fostering an early independence. Dine attended Walnut Hills High School and took ...