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Description

Jim Dine (b. 1935)
Tool Box, 1966
Mixed media screenprints with collage on wove paper and plastic
23-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches (59.7 x 47.0 cm) (each, sheet)
Eleven signed on applied label; One initialed lower right

Property from the Hechinger Collection

PROVENANCE:
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, March 1979.

EXHIBITED:
City Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, (and elsewhere), "Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection," July 1, 2001-December 30, 2008;
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster (and elsewhere), "Tools in Motion," September 2005-August 2013;
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala (and elsewhere), "Retooled," November 2014-April 2019;
Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock (and elsewhere), "Making Your Mark," September 2021-December 2023.

LITERATURE:
P. Hamill, Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, New York, 1995, p.116-117, illustrated.


More information about Jim Dine. See also: Dine, Jim, JIM DINE Artist.

Estimate: $30,000 - up.

Condition Report*: Group presents very well. Toning observed to works on paper. Very faint handling dents and undulations throughout, observed under raking light. UV examined, some light scattered foxing. A few scuffs to silver paper example and minor subsequent cracks around handling dents. Some floated and framed under acrylic; one floated and framed under glass, not examined outside of frame. Accompanied by red case, overall condition of case commensurate with age, use, and exposure.
Framed Dimensions 26 X 21 Inches
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