Lost Shells
1985
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View on museum website →Medium
hand-painted watercolor on etching, with drypoint, and power-tool drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 76.2 × 52.71 cm (30 × 20 3/4 in.) plate: 56.83 × 45.4 cm (22 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.) overall size: 76.2 × 105.73 cm (30 × 41 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Accession Number
2014.11.46
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 ...