A Nice Pair of Boots

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JIM DINE (B. 1935)
A Nice Pair of Boots
stamped 'A NICE PAIR OF BOOTS JIM DINE 1965 LEFT' (on the underside of the left boot); stamped 'A NICE PAIR OF BOOTS JIM DINE 1965 RIGHT' (on the underside of the right boot)
enamel on cast bronze, in two parts
each: 16 x 11 x 4 in. (40.6 x 27.9 x 10.2 cm.)
Executed in 1965.

Provenance

Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the late owner

Literature

"On and Off The Avenue: ...And All Through The House," The New Yorker, vol. XLVIII, no. 40, 25 November 1972, p. 150.
B. O'Doherty, "Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969," Artforum, vol. 37, no. 8, April 1999, p. 114 (illustrated on the inset cover).

Exhibited

Princeton University, The Art Museum; Akron Art Museum; Austin, University of Texas, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Selections from the Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection: Works from the 1950s and 1960s, February 1985-June 1986, pp. 49 and 110, no. 14 (illustrated).
Princeton University Art Museum, 1986-2021 (long-term loan).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim and Cincinnati Art Museum, Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969, February 1999-January 2000, pp. 22, 199, 209, 236 and 244, fig. 137 (illustrated).

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Ensayo del lote

In the Spring of 1965, Jim Dine starts to make sculptures in cast bronze and sand-cast aluminum, beginning with A Nice Pair of Boots, which replicates a pair of motorcycle boots in enamel painted bronze, part of a series exploring the themes of body fragments and clothing.

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