Jim Dine, Petersburg Press, and others

Five Paintbrushes (second state)

1973

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Jim Dine, Petersburg Press, and others

Five Paintbrushes (second state)

1973

Physical Qualities Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 762 x 940 mm. (30 x 37 in.) Plate: 597 x 806 mm. (23 1/2 x 31 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Sidney M. Friedberg Accessions Fund for Prints and Drawings

Object Number 2001.15

This print is the second of six states, each of which was editioned separately. (In printmaking, a state refers to each stage in the development of a print.) In the first state, five paintbrushes (hence the title) are suspended in space like a sculptural frieze. In the second state, seen here, Dine added six brushes to the group while retaining the original title. In subsequent stages, Dine retained all eleven brushes, but altered the background and cut down the plate along the top and bottom edges.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2001; Charles M. Young, Portland, CT

BMA, 'New on View,' June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.

Ann Shafer, BMA, "Front Room: Jim Dine," 11 June - 5 October 2008, illus in unpaginated brochure.

Shafer, Ann. Jim Dine. Front Room. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2008, unpaged.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Jim Dine 14/20 1973"; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: "G2732"