Sketch for mural project "The Foreign Plowman"

Jim Dine

c. 1987/1989

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Medium

ballpoint pen on thin wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 34.3 x 54.1 cm (13 1/2 x 21 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist

Accession Number

1991.75.84

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 ...

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