Jim Dine Olympic Robe Signed and Numbered Edition Lithograph Contemporary Art

Artist: Jim Dine
Title: Olympic Robe
Medium: Lithograph
Image Size: 35" x 27"
Frame Size: 49 1/2" x 41 1/2"
Edition: 161/300
Inscription: Hand signed and numbered
Year: 1988
Condition: Excellent condition with no flaws
Documentation: Gallery certificate of authenticity

The artist Jim Dine is often affiliated with the Pop Art movement. However, his style draws heavy inspiration from Dada assemblage and collage techniques and the gestural brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. His expressive canvas compositions often include personal items such as clothing, shoes, and tools. Additionally, Dine explored his memories and the construction of identity. This intimate approach stemming from his psychoanalysis contradicted the Pop Art notion of consumerism and machine-produced artworks.

Throughout his career, Dine created series of repeating objects such as palettes, robes, and hearts that were significant to him only. Today these symbols are instantly recognizable for the way the artist combined iconic imagery with personal effects. The inclusion of such an intimate approach embraced the expressive role of the artist, the artist as an individual. He captured his role as an artist through various mediums such as painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, photography, and printmaking.

"Olympic Robe" illustrates one of Dine's characteristic symbols, the robe. The vividly colored robe is set against an equally vivid color background, all rendered in the colors of the Olympic rings. There are visible brushstrokes with ink drips on the lithograph that evoke a sense of intimate emotions and highlight his gestural style. This piece was included in the Official Arts Portfolio of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, Korea for the 1988 Summer Olympics. An edition of 300 was created and the piece is individually signed and numbered. It includes a gallery certificate of authenticity.

About Jim Dine

Jim Dine is an American artist and poet known for his contributions to the formation of both Performance Art and Pop Art. Employing motifs which include Pinocchio, heart shapes, bathrobes, and tools, Dine produces colorful paintings, photographs, prints, and sculptures. "I grew up with tools. I came from a family of people who sold tools, and I've always been enchanted by these objects made by anonymous hands", Dine has said.

Born on June 16, 1935 in Cincinnati, OH, he studied poetry at the University of Cincinnati before attending the University of Ohio where he received his BFA in 1957. After moving to New York in 1958, Dine became part of a milieu of artists which included Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg, with whom he began to stage performances at sites in the city, these later became known as "Happenings". By the early 1960s he had switched his focus towards painting, drawing on his interest in popular imagery and commercial objects. Though he was shown alongside Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Dine never considered himself a member of the Pop Art movement. The artist currently lives and works between New York, NY and Walla Walla, WA. His works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.