Harvard Art Museums > 2006.77: A Tool Box Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Tool Box (Jim Dine)(Printed by Kelpra Studio)(Published by Editions Alecto, London) , 2006.77,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/312584. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.77 People Jim Dine, American (Cincinnati, Ohio 1935 -) Printed by Kelpra Studio Published by Editions Alecto, London Title A Tool Box Classification Prints Work Type portfolio Date 1966 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312584 Physical Descriptions Medium Red acrylic plastic portfolio box, title page, and ten screenprints with collaged elements: nine on various papers (one mounted on board) and one on plastic sheet Technique Screen print and collage Dimensions portfolio case: 60.96 x 48.26 x 3.81 cm (24 x 19 x 1 1/2 in.) sheet: 60.3 x 47.9 cm (23 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Each sheet signed in pencil inscription: each sheet signed in pencil, recto; numbered in pencil, verso State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 26/150 Standard Reference Number Mikro 42a-j Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund Copyright © Jim DIne / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.77 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Jim Dine's interest in tools is customarily attributed to his working in his grandfather's and then father's hardware store. Certainly tools were ideal instruments for representation in the new Pop lexicon of everyday objects. The tools depicted in "A Tool Box" were cut out of industrial design magazines and engineering textbooks and then screenprinted onto ten different surfaces, ranging from white paper to clear acetate to silver mylar to blue graph paper. Drawing on the model of Rauschenberg's combines, Dine then collaged objects to the prints. A comic absurdity pervades the depiction and the deployment of the tool, as well as the combination of elements in the compositions. For instance, four hammers are depicted above a huge pair of red lips. Related Works 2006.77.1 Jim Dine Tool Box I Prints 2006.77.2 Jim Dine Tool Box II Prints 2006.77.3 Jim Dine Tool Box III Prints 2006.77.4 Jim Dine Tool Box IV Prints 2006.77.5 Jim Dine Tool Box V Prints 2006.77.6 Jim Dine Tool Box VI Prints 2006.77.7 Jim Dine Tool Box VII Prints 2006.77.8 Jim Dine Tool Box VIII Prints 2006.77.9 Jim Dine Tool Box IX Prints 2006.77.10 Jim Dine Tool Box X Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
