Jim Dine

Nancy Outside in July XV: Nancy Over the Trees
1981

A mixed media artwork featuring a central canvas with a sketched portrait of a person with an intense gaze and dark hair. The portrait is set against a larger, dark background with expressive, black brushstrokes that create a dynamic and somewhat chaotic texture around the canvas. The artwork has a raw, emotive quality, with the contrast between the light canvas and the dark surroundings drawing attention to the depicted figure.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching with opaque watercolor and graphite pencil

Dimensions
Sheet: 40 3/4 × 34 1/2in. (103.5 × 87.6 cm) Plate: 23 1/8 × 18 7/8in. (58.7 × 47.9 cm)

Accession number
86.48.15

Edition
2/15

Publication
Printed by Atelier Crommelynck; published by Aldo Crommelynck

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund, the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Purchase Fund and the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Jim Dine/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/5994

Part of a series:

Nancy Outside in July

25 works

A mixed media artwork featuring a sketched portrait of a person with an intense gaze, superimposed over a background of green leaves and blue hues. The image is bordered by a wide, off-white mat, with a signature and the year 1961 handwritten in the lower margin.

A print of a portrait featuring a person with an intense gaze, set against a textured blue background. The artwork is detailed with expressive lines and shadows, capturing a raw and emotive expression. The print is signed and dated 1981 in the bottom margin.

A monochromatic artwork featuring a subtle, ghostly impression of a human face overlaid with botanical imagery, including leaves and stems. The background is dark with lighter etchings that give texture and depth to the composition. The piece has a dreamlike, ethereal quality, with the natural elements seeming to emerge from or merge into the visage. There is a signature in the lower left corner and a number in the lower right corner, suggesting it's part of a limited series.

A colorful expressionist-style portrait of a person with prominent red cheeks and a blue-black hair, set against a textured blue background. The subject wears a green and black striped garment. The artwork has a rough, sketch-like quality and is signed and dated at the bottom.

A monochromatic red print depicting a portrait of a person with an intense gaze and tousled hair. The background and the figure are sketched with expressive lines and marks, giving the artwork a raw and textured appearance. The print is signed and numbered at the bottom, indicating it's part of a limited series.

An expressive etching of a person's portrait with prominent, sketchy lines creating a sense of intensity and movement. The subject has wide eyes and a slightly open mouth, giving them a look of surprise or concern. The artwork is monochromatic, and there is a signature at the bottom left corner of the print. The print is mounted on a larger, off-white paper.

A monochromatic expressionist-style print featuring a portrait of a person with an intense gaze and wild, tousled hair, surrounded by abstract floral or plant-like patterns. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom.

An expressive black and white print depicting a person with prominent eyes and tousled hair, surrounded by abstract patterns and floral motifs, on a textured beige paper background.

A monochromatic etching of a woman's portrait with expressive lines and shading, featuring a prominent gaze and detailed facial features, set against a textured background. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower margin.

Jim Dine
93 works in the collection

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Jim Dine

Nancy Outside in July XV: Nancy Over the Trees 1981

Jim Dine 93 works in the collection

Nancy Outside in July XV: Nancy Over the Trees
1981

Jim Dine
93 works in the collection