Bowdoin College Museum of Art | - Portrait of Nancy Dine, Venice

Preview image of work. charcoal and pastel on paper, Portrait of Nancy Dine, Venice - New York 45354

2023.24

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Portrait of Nancy Dine, Venice - New York

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Artist

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

Title

Portrait of Nancy Dine, Venice - New York

Creation Date

1986

Century

late 20th century

Dimensions

17 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. (45.09 cm x 31.75 cm)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

charcoal and pastel on paper

Credit Line

Gift of Matt Dine

Copyright

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Accession Number

2023.24

Dine’s intensive drawing of his first wife Nancy, created over a period of two years and in different cities, exemplifies the artist’s rigorous and time-consuming construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction of his portraits. As Dine revealed, the process is not only rooted in vision but in feeling: “To have a range of emotions in just one specific drawing is something I hope for...This range of emotions is not about anger and fear and love and hate. It’s about the emotions that come from looking at something visually.”