Jim Dine "2 Robes (Ferns, Acid, & Water)" Etching (Diptych)
Jim Dine “2 Robes (Ferns, Acid, & Water)” Etching (Diptych)

Jim Dine (b. 1935). Etching on two sheets of paper titled “2 Robes (Ferns, Acid, and Water),” a diptych of one of Dine’s most-repeated subjects – bathrobes. Numbered 2/15, signed, and dated 1976 along the lower right. Dine, a forerunner of the American Pop Art movement, often made common household items the focus of his work, alluding to a commentary on traditional subjects of art, popular culture, commercialism, and the American way of life.

Provenance: Distinguished corporate collection, Minnesota; Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA.
Literature: Williams College 215

[Sight] height: 42 in x width: 53 in.
[Framed] height: 49 in x width: 59 1/2 in.

$5,500