Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand (from The Picture of Dorian Gray portfolio)
1968
Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand is an etching created by Jim Dine in 1968 as part of The Picture of Dorian Gray portfolio. This work draws inspiration from Oscar Wilde's famous novel and demonstrates Dine's interest in literary themes and symbolic imagery. The etching technique allows Dine to create detailed linear work while exploring the narrative possibilities suggested by the source material. The piece reflects Dine's engagement with classical literature through contemporary printmaking approaches.
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Signed to lower right ‘Jim Dine’. Stamped 'Edition C' and numbered to verso 'A/P'. This work is an artist's proof apart from the edition of 100 co-printed by Atelier Desjobert, Paris and Atelier Leblanc, Paris and published by Petersburg Press, New York and London.
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