Shoe (first state)

1971

Jim Dine

Associated Names
Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

Maurice Payne

Printer, American, active 20th century

Petersburg Press

Publisher

The artwork features an arrangement of lines and shapes that resemble a shoe. The central form is surrounded by chaotic, overlapping lines. The shoe-like shape emerges from this tangle, with a clear outline that differentiates it from the background. The piece has an unfinished or sketch-like quality.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on blue Hodgkinson handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Paul Kanev

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49.85 × 65.09 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 100.65 × 74.93 cm (39 5/8 × 29 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.43.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krens 1977, no. 103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Kanev, Hartford; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center, below platemark in graphite: Jim 18/19 1972

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