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THE GOLDEN BOWL
I think that it's an age-old occupation of collectors, to travel the world searching for what they love - The Golden Bowl. And there are so many interesting books about tastemakers - the people who help collectors amass their collection - particularly the various studies of Duveen. I have great admiration for dealers though I could never be one. They have to maintain a position of unqualified admiration for all they sell. In order to be a successful dealer you must suspend disbelief particularly when dealing with the work of living artists. The willingness to nurture their careers I find admirable having observed it at close range for so long - Leo and Sydney, Paula Cooper, Mary, Angela Westwater, Barbara Gladstone and Klaus. And then Bruno Bischofberger, Leslie Waddington, Larry Rubin, Jeffrey Deitch, Larry Gagosian. A good art dealer serves an extremely important function in the market. You need dealers to make markets because art is a commodity and artists need to sell their work. Of the works I'm selling here, one Albers came from Janis, a Stella from Castelli, a Lawrence Poons from Larry Rubin, a Jim Dine from Sydney Janis, a Peter Halley from Ileana Sonnabend.
Jim Dine (b. 1935)
Large Boot Lying Down, 1965
Details
Jim Dine (b. 1935)
Large Boot Lying Down, 1965
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'LARGE BOOT LYING DOWN...1965. JIM DINE UNPAINTED STATE 2/2' (on the underside)
cast aluminum and velveteen cushion
overall: 5½ x 41 x 15 in. (14 x 104.2 x 38.1 cm.)
This work is number two from an edition of two.
Large Boot Lying Down, 1965
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'LARGE BOOT LYING DOWN...1965. JIM DINE UNPAINTED STATE 2/2' (on the underside)
cast aluminum and velveteen cushion
overall: 5½ x 41 x 15 in. (14 x 104.2 x 38.1 cm.)
This work is number two from an edition of two.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner
Literature
D. Shapiro, Jim Dine, New York 1981, p. 36, no. 100 (painted state illustrated).
M. E. Shapiro, Jim Dine: Sculpture and Drawings, The Pace Gallery, New York 1984, p. 5 (another cast illustrated).
M. E. Shapiro, Jim Dine: Sculpture and Drawings, The Pace Gallery, New York 1984, p. 5 (another cast illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note that the pillow has faded from it's original grey color. The purchaser of this work may trade the old pillow for a new one from Jim Dine's studio through Pace Wildenstein Gallery in New York.