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A delightful early Jim Dine etching picturing iconic 1940s Hollywood monster the Wolfman in neon green. With a broken red heart in the lower left and a tiny King Kong doodle in yellow in the upper right, the effect is of a classic DIY flyer. Text in all caps reads: “THE WOLFMAN / STRIKES LIKE THE DOGS WHO LOOK STRAIGHT AT ME AND CAN TELL / I WOULD PISS IN MY PANTS IF ONE EVER CONSIDERED SHAKING HANDS. STOP THE HAIRY BEAST FROM DEVOURING THE WALL / PLASTER MIGHT CHIP HIS BEARD / THIS IS ALL SO MUCH DECORATION / THE BIG ACTION TAKES PLACE NEXT DOOR…ALWAYS DID.”
Wall (The Wolfman) 1967
Aquatint, photo-etching and embossing in colors on Crisbrook handmade paper
signed, dated and numbered 28/120 in pencil lower left
sheet 31 x 22 ¼ in / 78.7 x 56.5 cm
Condition: Some handling creases, waviness and wear to paper commensurate with age.
