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The Skier

Earthenware plate decorated with brownish black house pattern on rim and a central landscape scene depicting a lion lying on the ground and looking at the monkey turned to the viewer with two donkeys at the back. The scene has an inscription "LE LION LE SINGE ET LES DEUX ANES" at the bottom.
© 2018 Jim Dine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Earthenware plate decorated with brownish black house pattern on rim and a central landscape scene depicting a lion lying on the ground and looking at the monkey turned to the viewer with two donkeys at the back. The scene has an inscription "LE LION LE SINGE ET LES DEUX ANES" at the bottom.

Date:

1976

Artist:

Jim Dine
American, born 1935

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jim Dine

Title

The Skier

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1976

Medium

Charcoal, oil, and crayon on paper

Dimensions

115.5 × 78.7 cm (45 1/2 × 31 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Society for Contemporary Art

Reference Number

1977.115

Copyright

© 2018 Jim Dine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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