Plant Becomes a Fan
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- Title
Plant Becomes a Fan
- Artist
- Date
1975
- Medium
lithograph on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 28 7/8 in x 22 5/8 in; sheet: 36 1/8 in x 24 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
annotation: U.S.F. 189 D [?], verso, lower right
blindstamp: ©, lower right
edition; date; initials: prints proof 1975 J.D., lower left
blindstamp: [2 blindstamps], lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund
- Accession Number
80.103.3
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
The witty and surreal transformation of a plant into a fan has occurred in Jim Dine's work since 1961. In this series of prints, Dine gradually converts the organic form of a leafy plant into a balanced mechanical object. Unlike other Pop artists who employ everyday things for their neutrality, Dine selects his images because, for the artist, they are charged with personal meaning: "When I use objects, I see them as a vocabulary of feelings."
- Exhibitions
1996 Signs of the Times Portland Art Museum