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Jim Dine — Sitting in Barrow Street
Jim Dine

Sitting in Barrow Street

1988

"Sitting in Barrow Street" is a mixed media work by Jim Dine employing graphite, watercolour, oil, shellac, charcoal, and pastel on paper, demonstrating his characteristic layering of materials to create rich textural and chromatic effects. The tripartite composition presented in the artist's frame suggests a narrative or sequential quality, inviting the viewer to engage with the work as an extended visual statement rather than a singular image. Dine's approach to combining traditional drawing materials with painting media reflects his broader artistic practice of breaking down boundaries between disciplines and emphasizing the expressive potential of the mark and the material itself.

Medium
graphite, watercolour, oil, shellac, charcoal and pastel on paper, in 3 parts, in artist's frame

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Jim Dine, Sitting in Barrow Street, 1988

"Sitting in Barrow Street" is a mixed media work by Jim Dine employing graphite, watercolour, oil, shellac, charcoal, and pastel on paper, demonstrating his characteristic layering of materials to create rich textural and chromatic effects. The tripartite composition presented in the artist's frame suggests a narrative or sequential quality, inviting the viewer to engage with the work as an extended visual statement rather than a singular image. Dine's approach to combining traditional drawing materials with painting media reflects his broader artistic practice of breaking down boundaries between disciplines and emphasizing the expressive potential of the mark and the material itself.

Medium
graphite, watercolour, oil, shellac, charcoal and pastel on paper, in 3 parts, in artist's frame
Year
1988
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Contemporary aesthetic, Mixed Media, Street Scene, American Artist, Pop Art, Figurative Art, Introspective Mood, Drawing And Collage, Urban Landscape

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery