The Foreign Plowman

1988

Jim Dine

Associated Names
Jim Dine
Artist, American, born 1935
Alan Holoubek
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Tom Pruitt
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Patrick Foy
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Greg Burnet
Printer, Australian, born 1953
Graphicstudio
Publisher
The image contains vertical panels with abstract shapes and lines. Skeleton-like figures are on the far left and right. The second panel from the left depicts an abstract face with large black eyes. In the center, a stylized tree is shown. The fourth panel from the left features another abstract face with swirling lines and textures. The composition combines anatomical studies and natural landscapes in an unconventional way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color heliorelief, woodcut, and spit-bite etching with acrylic on five sheets of Arches Cover wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet (a): 180 × 61.5 cm (70 7/8 × 24 3/16 in.)
    sheet (b): 180 × 64.8 cm (70 7/8 × 25 1/2 in.)
    sheet (c): 180 × 62.2 cm (70 7/8 × 24 1/2 in.)
    sheet (d): 180 × 60 cm (70 7/8 × 23 5/8 in.)
    sheet (e): 180 × 62.2 cm (70 7/8 × 24 1/2 in.)
    overall: 180 × 311.15 cm (70 7/8 × 122 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.75.78.a-e

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Carpenter 2002, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa; acquired 1991 by the national Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Fine, Ruth E., and Mary Lee Corlett. Graphicstudio: Contemporary Art from the Collaborative Workshop at the University of South Florida. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, p. 299, no. 71.

Inscriptions

a) "1092" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
b) "NGA proof Jim Dine 1988" lower left composition, graphite. "1092" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
c) "1092" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
d) "1092" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
e) "1092" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

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