Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting]

np: np, 1980. First edition. nb. Very Good. LARGE, ICONIC ROBE PAINTING BY LEGENDARY AMERICAN ARTIST JIM DINE. "The key element that secured Dine's following among aspiring artists in the swinging '60s was his autobiographical, diaristic approach to making art. The objects he chose to represent were either linked to his past or locked into his current interests. The tools he depicted were an echo of a childhood spent in his father's hardware store in Cincinnati, the heart was a valentine for his wife, and the bathrobe became a representation of self, constantly re-invented and re-imagined in paintings, prints and drawings.

"Although he claimed never to have worn one, Dine first embraced the heroic form of the vacated robe as a subject in 1964 and gave his paintings and prints titles that often referred to himself, such as "Double Isometric Self-Portrait". Without the human body to give the garment a point of specificity or individuality, the robe became an everyman as much as a self-portrait." (Ted Snell, "Here's looking at: Jim Dine's The Mighty Robe", The Conversation, 2017).

Signed and Dated (bottom center), 1980. Oil, charcoal and chalk on paper, in two parts. Each Sheet: 46½ by 29½ in. (118.1 by 74.9 cm.), hinged at upper corners of the reverse to the backing board. Overall Framed (under plexiglass): 48½ by 62½ in. (123.2 by 158.8 cm.)

The top, left, and bottom edges of each sheet are deckled. With several artist's staple marks. A few small tears at extreme edges (as visible), likely from previous mounting/framing. Faint abrasion and minor loss to the pigment in the lower left corner of the left sheet, visible upon close inspection.