Self-Portrait Hand Painted in Paris

1979

Jim Dine

Associated Names
Jim Dine

Artist, American, born 1935

Pace Editions

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image depicts a close-up view of a person's face, highlighting the upper portion which includes the forehead, eyes, nose, and part of the mouth. The person's eyes are wide open and the eyebrows are densely drawn. Details of the facial expressions and features are visible. The skin is textured with lines, and the hair looks sparse. There is no clothing, background, objects, or jewelry visible. The background is a neutral textured surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and electric tools in black (printed twice); hand-colored with colored and clear acrylics on Arches Aquarelle paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Richard A. Simms

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.7 x 13.7 cm (6 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 45 x 37.9 cm (17 11/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.85.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    D'Oench/Feinberg 1986, no. 50, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bobbie Greenfield Fine Arts, Inc.), Venice, CA; Richard A. Simms, Los Angeles, 1994; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • D'Oench, Ellen G., and Jean E. Feinberg. Jim Dine: Prints, 1977-1985. New York: Harper & Row, 1986, no. 50.

Inscriptions

below plate in graphite: 19/25 Jim Dine 1979

Wikidata ID

Q75125761

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