Shellac Orientale
1973-1974
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graphite, watercolor, and shellac with collage of various papers, human hair, and screw heads on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 58.4 x 77.5 cm (23 x 30 1/2 in.) framed (estimate): 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Milly and Arne Glimcher
Accession Number
2016.13.1
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 ...