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Image 11.75 x 11.75 in. / 30 x 30 cm
Paper 31 x 31.25 in. / 78.5 x 79 cm
Etching on handmade paper with fibers. Signed by the artist, dated 1973, and annotated AP lower center in pencil.
A spray of tulips printed in vibrant cerulean blue emerges at the center of this floral etching by Jim Dine. The artist’s line drawing conveys the swaying of spring tulips in a slight breeze, each blossom at a different stage of opening its petals to the sun. In the 1970s, Dine turned to flowers and plants as subjects, sometimes drawing from his own garden. These botanical works, including Blue Tulips, display a delicate precision unusual in Dine’s oeuvre.
This was a studio proof and has two small soft creases on the upper right edge of the sheet, as photographed.
