2 Hearts (The Donut)
137.19 cms x 162.6 cms (54 ins x 64 ins)
Signed and editioned a/p and on verso titled and dated 1970 on the gallery label
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "October 2017 Online auction" held on Thu, Oct 26, 2017.
Lot 101
Lot 101
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $35,000
Realised: CAD $20,000
Realised: CAD $20,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Private Collection, Vancouver
Notes:
Jim Dine is a major post-war artist who, although often associated with both Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism, did not identify with a specific artistic movement. His early debut on the New York art scene can be attributed to the "Happenings" stage performances of the 1960s, which Dine pioneered with fellow artists such as Claes Oldenburg.
From an early stage, Dine's work was characterised by an obsession with everyday objects, but differs from the impersonal nature of Pop Art in the sense that the objects he chose to represent held significant importance to him. In the early 1970s we see recurring themes of hearts, bathrobes, and tools. Notably, 2 Hearts (The Donut) incorporates aspects of all three of these themes that Dine recreated time after time. There are the obvious outlines of the mirrored hearts, but on a closer look, you see tools, such as pliers and a paintbrush in the background, and then painterly aspects that relate to the bathrobe with drops and splatters of paint mimicking the act of water dripping. The themes represented in this lithograph make it a classic and recognized Jim Dine image.
Dine's work is in major museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York (who have a print from this edition in their permanent collection), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Tate Modern, London, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo and many more.
This work is one of four artist's proofs (aside from the edition of 17).
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton
Private Collection, Vancouver
Notes:
Jim Dine is a major post-war artist who, although often associated with both Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism, did not identify with a specific artistic movement. His early debut on the New York art scene can be attributed to the "Happenings" stage performances of the 1960s, which Dine pioneered with fellow artists such as Claes Oldenburg.
From an early stage, Dine's work was characterised by an obsession with everyday objects, but differs from the impersonal nature of Pop Art in the sense that the objects he chose to represent held significant importance to him. In the early 1970s we see recurring themes of hearts, bathrobes, and tools. Notably, 2 Hearts (The Donut) incorporates aspects of all three of these themes that Dine recreated time after time. There are the obvious outlines of the mirrored hearts, but on a closer look, you see tools, such as pliers and a paintbrush in the background, and then painterly aspects that relate to the bathrobe with drops and splatters of paint mimicking the act of water dripping. The themes represented in this lithograph make it a classic and recognized Jim Dine image.
Dine's work is in major museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York (who have a print from this edition in their permanent collection), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Tate Modern, London, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo and many more.
This work is one of four artist's proofs (aside from the edition of 17).
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.