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Plant Becomes a Fan


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Title

Plant Becomes a Fan

Artist

Jim Dine (American, born 1935)

Date

1975

Medium

lithograph on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 29 3/8 in x 24 5/16 in; sheet: 36 in x 24 5/16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

annotation: U.S.F. 191 u, verso, lower right

blindstamp: ©, lower right

initials; date; edition: J.D. 1975 Printer's Proof, lower right

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

80.103.5

Copyright

© artist or other rights holder

Terms

lithography

paper

planographic printing

planographic prints

Description

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."

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