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Atheism

Jim Dine, American, b. June 16, 1935

Creation date: 1986

Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Lithograph

Medium and Support: Lithograph on paper with hand coloring

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Accession Number: 1992.2

State/Province: California

Dimensions: 67 3/16 x 47 15/32 in. (170.66 x 120.58 cm)

Provenance

Angeles Press, Los Angeles, California ( - )

Robert P. Conway, Oakland, California ( - 1992)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1992 - )

Label Copy

October 18, 2014
Anita Feldman, Deputy Director Collections & Exhibitions
Jim Dine
American • 1935–
Atheism
Lithograph • 1986
Dine, a native of Ohio, moved to New York in 1959 where he became immersed in the avant-garde art scene of Happenings and Pop Art. His work spans a broad range of media including painting, sculpture, printmaking, illustration and performance. Part of his method involves using common objects as iconic elements and restating the same themes in a variety of media. The common bathrobe, derived from newspaper advertise- ments, became a self-referential element in many of his works from as early 1964. In Atheism, with its image of a saw cutting the tree which emerges from the robe, the artist is flirting with surrealism while making a profoundly subjective statement.
Museum purchase 1992.2
Last Updated: 8/5/2021

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Young Art 2013: The Story of Me The San Diego Museum of Art , 4/13/2013 - 5/26/2013

Newman in Context , 6/29/2013 - 9/8/2013

American Visions: Place and Identity The San Diego Museum of Art , 10/18/2014 - 3/17/2015

Art of the Americas The San Diego Museum of Art , 9/7/2021 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Dr. Malcolm Warner. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 251, Figure Number: 251

Ms. Betti-Sue Hertz. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 243, Figure Number: 243