Bolt Cutters (second state)

1973

Jim Dine

Associated Names
Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

The image depicts a series of intricate, overlapping lines and smudged forms creating an abstract composition. In the upper right corner, the lines converge to form shapes resembling a figure with a circular head and two dark circular shapes. The rest of the piece is filled with textured areas resembling stone or concrete. Elongated lines extend from the figure, evoking strings or tendrils reaching out across the space.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 61.6 × 60.64 cm (24 1/4 × 23 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 107 × 78.11 cm (42 1/8 × 30 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.11.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krens 1977, no. 144

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist, 2014.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1977

  • Krens, Thomas. Jim Dine Prints: 1970-1977. New York, 1977.

Inscriptions

in graphite, along bottom edge: Jim Dine A/P 1973

Wikidata ID

Q77006266

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