The Tampa Tool Reliefs
Jim Dine
1974
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five panels of cast aluminum
Dimensions
overall: 68.58 × 368.3 × 5.08 cm (27 × 145 × 2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jim Dine
Accession Number
1990.45.1-5
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 ...