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Lost Shells

1985
20th century
575 x 458 mm (22.6 x 18 in.)

Jim Dine, American, b. born 1935

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching, soft-ground etching, drypoint, and electric tools, with hand painting in beige, pink, and light green acrylic before printing on Rives BFK paper
Print impression quality: Excellent
Edition: Diptych with two components which differ only in their hand-coloring; the single plate is identically printed on both abutted sheets.
Bibliography: Ellen G. D’Oench and Jean E. Feinberg, Jim Dine Prints: 1977–1985 (New York: Harper & Row, 1986), cat. no. 186.
Credit Line: Gift of the artist in honor of John R. Jakobson (BA Wesleyan 1952, LLD 1989, Trustee 1971–1985), 1985
Accession Number: 1985.16.4

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  • diptychs - Pairs of panels hinged together; used by ancient Romans for writing tablets, often having images on the outer surfaces. In Medieval and later times, used primarily to support images, especially on the interior surfaces. Most often composed of carved ivory or of painted wood panels. Also used of other works having two related images side by side. [January 1995 related term added.]
  • shells - LC sh 85121304
  • still lifes

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  • plate Dimensions: 575 x 458 mm (22.6 x 18 in.)

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