The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)

1968

Jim Dine

Associated Names
Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    volume with twelve color lithographs on wove paper, one with a clear plastic film overlay, bound in a red velvet cover with title blocked in silver lettering, plus 6 unbound duplicate prints in a folio covered in black velvet

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    book: 44.77 × 31.75 × 2.54 cm (17 5/8 × 12 1/2 × 1 in.)
    page size: 44.13 × 31.75 cm (17 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 45.09 × 30.8 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/8 in.)
    case: 45.72 × 32.07 × 3.81 cm (18 × 12 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.11.1-7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Galerie Mikro 1970, no. 47

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Associated Artworks

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Edition A)

Jim Dine

1968

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.

Dorian Gray with Rainbow Scarf

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

Bibliography

1970

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

Inscriptions

book signed in red felt tip pen, on colophon page, lower center: Ed. A Jim Dine A/P; each of the unbound duplicate prints is signed in graphite: Jim Dine; inscribed on lower left verso in black pen: A/P 25 [in unknown hand]

Markings

Each of the unbound edition prints is stamped in blue on verso: EDITION A

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