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JIM DINE (b. 1935)
(American)
Title: The Pictures of Dorian Gray Portolio, 1968
Technique; Hand signed Book containing six Lithographs and four Hand Signed Original Etchings on Arches Vellum paper
Paper Size: Lithographs: 44 x 31 cm / 17.3 x 12.2 in
Etchings: 44.7 x 31 cm / 17.5 x 12.2 in
Image Size: Lithographs: 44 x 31 cm / 17.3 x 12.2 in
Etchings:
Dorian Gray at the Opium Den: 42.7 x 28.5 cm / 16.8 x 11.2 in
Design for Satin Hearth: 41.5 x 22 cm / 16.3 x 8.6 in
Imprint from Dorian Gray's Stomach: 42.5 x 28.5 cm / 16.7 x 11.2 in
Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand: 39.2 x 23.5 cm / 15.4 x 9.2 in
Additional Information: This original book includes six original unsigned and unumbered lithographs included in the book as follows:
- Lord Henry in a Yellow Suit
- Sybil Vane as Juliet
- Tree Lamp
- Lord Henry at Home
- Saddle bench
- The Costume Dorian Gray dies in
The book itself is hand signed in green ink by the artist "Jim Dine" on the last page and hand numbered "40/200".
There were three different editions A, B and C.
Edition A is bound in red velvet with the title blocked in silver on the cover. There are six additional loose lithographs signed and duplicates of those bound in the book.
Edition B, which is ours, is bound in green velvet with the title blocked in silver on the cover. There are four additional etchings, loose. The edition was 200 with 25 artists proofs.
Edition C is bound in leather, with a heart built on the cover. There are six additional lithographs signed duplicates of those bound in the book, and four signed etchings. The edition was 100 with 15 artists proofs.
The four separate etchings in our work are each hand signed by the artist "Jim Dine" at the lower right margin and numbered in black pen at the verso "40/200".
The whole book and the etchings were printed in 1968 by Atelier Desjobert and Atelier Leblanc, Paris.
Literature: Jim Dine. Complete Graphics. 1970. Berlin: Galerie Mikro.
Reference: Galerie Mikro 47.
Condition: Very Good Condition. At the verso of each etching two tape marks.
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