Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Preview image of work. charcoal on handmade flower paper, Rimbaud 27157

2014.9.2

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Rimbaud

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Artist

Jim Dine (Cincinnati, OH, 6/16/1935 - )

Title

Rimbaud

Creation Date

1973

Century

mid-20th century

Dimensions

15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (39.37 x 31.75 cm)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

charcoal on handmade flower paper

Credit Line

Gift of the Artist

Copyright

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Accession Number

2014.9.2

In his 2013 book “A Printmaker’s Document,” Jim Dine recounts how during a visit to Paris in 1972 he undertook a leisurely stroll along the Seine and, at one of the many Bouquinistes, picked up a magazine with a portrait of Rimbaud on the cover. “At the time, I began reading Rimbaud, and the portrait was to become the focus of a series of prints.” Dine had already worked with literary references, and he had just completed a series of facial self-portraits (themselves preceded by his iconic hearts, bathrobes, and tools, which all had portrait connotations). Now the elusive poet maudit, as Paul Verlaine had called Rimbaud, challenged Dine to rethink the meaning of portraiture once again. Rimbaud had famously stated “I is Another.” This drawing questions whether this “Other” is approachable at all. In a print related to this drawing, Dine indicated the eyes by drilling holes into the copper plate.