1968
Edition Size: Hand-painted proof
Sheet Size: 33.75 x 24.75 inches
Signed
Condition: Good
This radiant purple pink poster was designed by Jim Dine for a production of Gilbert and Sullivan at New York City Center in 1968. The stripe down the center of the image is an iridescent bronze. This copy has painted additions by the artist in white and red daubed across the actors’s faces and is unique. Signed lower right in pen: Jim Dine 1968 and annotated “Proof”.
$5,000.00
Jim Dine is an American pop artist who was born in Ohio in 1935 and was known for his painting, drawing, sculpting and printmaking. He is considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement, a style that opposed the emotional expressions of Abstract Impressionism and instead, denies aesthetics by using mundane subjects and focusing on performance. Dine was first recognised by the art industry when he displayed ‘Happenings’ a type of performance art in collaboration with the musician John Cage. In 1959, it was exhibited over six days in an environment or installation in New York City’s Reuben Gallery, where features of light, sound, projects and viewer participation all played a part in the display.
