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Me in Horn-Rimmed Glasses

1979

Jim Dine

Associated Names

Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

The image is a close-up portrait of a person with a focus on their eyes, nose, and mouth. The person is depicted in a frontal position, looking directly at the viewer. Their facial features are intense and expressive, with eyes partially covered by dark-framed glasses, thick eyebrows, a defined nose, a mustache, and stubbly beard. The hair is either receding or closely cropped. The portrait uses a mix of pencil or charcoal lines with splashes of warm-colored tones, such as orange and red, to create a textured and dramatic effect. The background is flat and undetailed, providing a neutral backdrop for the facial features.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching, drypoint, and electric tools, hand-colored with pastel, on red-brown wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Richard A. Simms, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

plate: 19.8 x 15.4 cm (7 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
sheet: 64.6 x 50.1 cm (25 7/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

1991.26.2
Catalogue Raisonné

D'Oench/Feinberg 1986, no. 47, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 462-463, color repro.

Bibliography

1986

D'Oench, Ellen G., and Jean E. Feinberg. Jim Dine: Prints, 1977-1985. New York: Harper & Row, 1986, no. 47.

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.462.

Inscriptions

below image, center in graphite: 6/8 Jim Dine 1979

Wikidata ID

Q74888012

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