The Plant Becomes a Fan #4

1974/1975

Jim Dine

Associated Names
Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

Graphicstudio

Publisher

The image shows a composition of fine, delicate lines creating an abstract form resembling a simplified flower with a central vertical line resembling a stem. The abstract lines form curves suggesting petals, evoking the shape of a large blossom or an abstract wind turbine. Subtle horizontal lines at the base could be a horizon or ground. Faintly drawn lines against a textured background create a sense of lightness and subtlety, resembling familiar objects like an abstracted botanical form or a minimalist sculpture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (aluminum) in black and neutral with a screenprinted varnish layer on Natsume 4007 Japanese paper [cancellation proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    overall: 91 x 62 cm (35 13/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.48.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krens 1977, no. 174

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1978

  • Baro, Gene. Graphicstudio U.S.F.: An Experiment in Art and Education. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1978, no. 108.

Markings

BS: chop of Julio Juristo

Wikidata ID

Q74069402

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