Gallery: Jim Dine’s prints at WSU

by WSM staff

Artist Jim Dine gave WSU The Technicolor Heart in 2004. Now he has donated a significant collection of more than 200 of his prints to the University, including the selections in this gallery.

Read more in “Where the heart is.”

THE ORANGE BIRTHDAY ROBE by Jim Dine — The Orange Birthday Robe, 2010 — Lithograph, woodcut, copperplate etching and rubber stamp on Hahnemuhle Copperplate by Jim Dine

THE FIRST WOODCUT GATE by Jim Dine — THE FIRST WOODCUT GATE (THE LANDSCAPE), 2010, lithograph, woodcut, copperplate etching and rubber stamp on Hahnemuhle Copperplate

THE CHANNEL by Jim Dine — THE CHANNEL, 1986, drypoint, aquatint and electric tools

CROW #1 by Jim Dine — CROW #1, 1994, Etching, spit-bite aquatint, sugar-lift aquatint and power-tool abrasion with gray green Kozo chine colle on Somerset Textured White with torn edges

THE MANDRAKE by Jim Dine — THE MANDRAKE, 2000, Etching, soft-ground etching with hand-coloring on Hahnemuhle Bright White with torn edges

WHITE EYES, JERUSALEM by Jim Dine — WHITE EYES, JERUSALEM, 2000, Soft ground etching, drypoint, and power-tool drypoint on Guarro White with deckle edges

THE TOOLS by Jim Dine — THE TOOLS, 2001, photogravure, etching, aquatint, soft-ground and mechanical abrasion on Hahnemuhle Copperplate Bright White

CINCINNATI I by Jim Dine — CINCINNATI I, 1969, lithograph on J. Green mould made paper

TIES by Jim Dine — TIES, 1970-1976, lithograph offset from zinc plates; printed in black on sheet of Crisbrook Waterleaf paper, hand painted by the artist with water color after editioning

HANDS by Jim Dine — HANDS, 1970-1976, lithograph offset from five zinc plates; printed in two colors on sheet of Crisbrook Waterleaf paper, title inscribed in ink by the artist after editioning

PARIS SMILES by Jim Dine — PARIS SMILES, 1976, etching, drypoint, sugarlift, soft ground from four copper plates with title in block print; printed in four colors on Arches White

EIGHT SHEETS FROM AN UNDEFINED NOVEL, STATE II: SELF-PORTRAIT AS A DIE-MAKER by Jim Dine — EIGHT SHEETS FROM AN UNDEFINED NOVEL, STATE II: SELF-PORTRAIT AS A DIE-MAKER, 1979, etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, and electric tools from eight unpolished roofer’s copper plates; printed twice in black with hand painting in oil

BIG CHECKERED PINOCCHIO by Jim Dine — BIG CHECKERED PINOCCHIO, 2012, woodcut and monoprint

VERY PICANTE by Jim Dine — VERY PICANTE, 1995, cardboard relief and cardboard intaglio on Arches Cover White; cut and deckle edges

TARTAN PANTS by Jim Dine — TARTAN PANTS, 2009, lithograph on Arches vellum 400 grams

THE PINK NOSE by Jim Dine — THE PINK NOSE, 2009

LARGE YELLOW HAT, RED FEATHERS by Jim Dine — LARGE YELLOW HAT, RED FEATHERS, 2011, litho and woodcut on Lenox

THE NEW FRENCH TOOLS 2—THREE SAWS FROM THE RUE CLER by Jim Dine — THE NEW FRENCH TOOLS 2—THREE SAWS FROM THE RUE CLER, 1984, etching, aquatint, drypoint and electric tools

HAPPY NEW YEAR (NEW DELHI) by Jim Dine — HAPPY NEW YEAR (NEW DELHI), 2010, soft-ground copperplate etching and woodcut on Arches Cover White

A HEART AT THE OPERA by Jim Dine — A HEART AT THE OPERA, 1983, Print on paper

Courtesy WSU Museum of Art