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Dorian Gray with Rainbow Scarf

1968

Jim Dine

Associated Names

Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

The image shows a full-body illustration of a person standing in a relaxed posture. The facial features are not detailed, with curly yellow hair. The person wears a white garment with a multicolored vertical scarf. Large circular decorations are drawn near the shoulders, specified as "WOOLWORTH PASTE JEWELRY ALL OVER SHOULDERS." The person's right hand is near a pocket area, and there are blue textured elements near the right side. The person holds a pair of sunglasses in their left hand. The background is off-white with scattered blue circles and a rainbow stripe on the right. The illustration is signed "DORIAN GRAY" with yellow and red smudges and a signature at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on Velin d'Arches paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Artist
Dimensions

sheet: 45.09 × 30.8 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2014.11.2
Catalogue Raisonné

Galerie Mikro, 1970, no. 47a
Volume Title

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)

Jim Dine

1968

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)

Jim Dine

1968

The image contains a large yellow abstract shape resembling a light bulb at the top, connected to a thick black line that looks like an electrical cable. Below, there are meandering black and white spotted lines that create a tangled appearance. Two smaller yellow shapes with radiating lines are located towards the bottom right. — Hose Lamp

Jim Dine

1968

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist, 2014.

Associated Names

Dine, Jim

Bibliography

1970

Galerie Mikro Berlin. Jim Dine: Complete Graphics. Berlin, 1970. (essays by John Russell, Tony Towle, and Wieland Schmied)

Inscriptions

signed in graphite, lower right: Jim Dine; inscribed on lower left verso in black pen: A/P 25 [in unknown hand]

Markings

Stamped in blue on verso: EDITION A

Wikidata ID

Q77006325

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