Jim Dine: Tools

Hardback

Main Details

Title Jim Dine: Tools
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jim Dine
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 315,Width 295
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Pop art
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783869306476
ClassificationsDewey:709.2
Audience
General
Illustrations 44 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Steidl Publishers
Imprint Steidl Verlag
Publication Date 15 November 2018
Publication Country Germany

Description

When I was born, I came home to my grandfather's house. His name was Morris Cohen. He was my mother's father. I lived with him for three years until my parents built a small little house and we moved away. But from the time I was born until he died when I was nineteen, I either spoke to him or saw him every day. He owned a hardware store that catered to plumbers, electricians, woodworkers, contractors. It was an early version of a contractors' supply store. It was called The Save Supply Company. He was a very large man, and he felt he could do anything with his hands. He made tables, he fixed automobiles, he was an electrician, and he was lousy at all of it. But through sheer force of will, he forged ahead. Jim Dine

Author Biography

Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ohio University in 1957 and has since become one of the most profound and prolific contemporary artists. Dine's unparalleled career spans fifty years, and his work is held in numerous private and public collections. His books at Steidl include Birds (2001), The Photographs, so far (2003), Hot Dream (52 Books) (2008), and A Printmaker's Document (2013).