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Jim Dine — The Robe Goes to Town
Jim Dine

The Robe Goes to Town

"The Robe Goes to Town" by Jim Dine is a richly layered work combining aquatint and screenprint in colors, printed on Arches Cover black over screenprinted Arches Cover buff paper. The piece exemplifies Dine's signature use of the robe as a symbolic self-portrait, a recurring motif throughout his career that serves as a stand-in for the human presence. The interplay of printmaking techniques and the warm tonal contrast of the two paper surfaces create a visually complex and textured composition.

Medium
Aquatint and screenprint in colors, on Arches Cover black to screenprinted Arches Cover buff, the full sheet.

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October 17, 2017

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Jim Dine, The Robe Goes to Town

"The Robe Goes to Town" by Jim Dine is a richly layered work combining aquatint and screenprint in colors, printed on Arches Cover black over screenprinted Arches Cover buff paper. The piece exemplifies Dine's signature use of the robe as a symbolic self-portrait, a recurring motif throughout his career that serves as a stand-in for the human presence. The interplay of printmaking techniques and the warm tonal contrast of the two paper surfaces create a visually complex and textured composition.

Medium
Aquatint and screenprint in colors, on Arches Cover black to screenprinted Arches Cover buff, the full sheet.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Symbolic Subject, Neo-Dada, Male Artist, Late Twentieth Century, Printmaking, American Artist, Screenprint, Pop Art, Figurative Art, Robe Motif, Bold Composition, Established Artist, Symbolic Imagery, Warm Tones, Neo-Expressionism, Figurative, Dark Background, Aquatint

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery