Untitled (from Ten Winter Tools)
Jim Dine
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Date:1973 -
Style:Neo-Dada -
Genre:figurative -
Media:lithography, paper -
Location:Tate Modern, London, UK
Untitled (from Ten Winter Tools)
Jim Dine
Dine believes that tools provide a 'link with our past, the human past, the hand'. They feature in many of his works, and can be seen as a symbol of artistic creation. There is also an autobiographical resonance, as Dine's family owned a hardware store in Cincinnati. In these prints, the tools are presented as a series of discrete items, as if laid out for analysis and classification.
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