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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.178
People
Jim Dine, American (Cincinnati, Ohio 1935 -)
Title
Brush
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bottle Brush
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1972
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310076

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, crayon and ink splatters on white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 76 x 101.7 cm (29 15/16 x 40 1/16 in.)
frame: 86.4 x 111.8 cm. (34 x 44 x 1.5 inches)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red felt-tipped pen at top edge: J.D., 1972
  • inscription: recto, across top, red felt-tipped pen, signed, in artist's hand: Brush for Paul. to remind us of our failures. J.D. London 1972
  • inscription: top edge, red felt-tip pen, now faded: "Brush for Paul. to remind us of our failures. J.D. London 1972"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jim Dine, London, gift; to Paul Cornwall-Jones, London, 1972. [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Jim DIne / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
1993.178
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Modern Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan, 1999), cat. no. 90, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000

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