Youth and the Maiden

Jim Dine1988

Museum Folkwang
Essen, Germany

The title refers to two small braided dolls – symbols of fertility in earlier cultures that Jim Dine combines with an antique female figure. Further incorporating two skeletons, this work addresses the central human themes of becoming and passing away.

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Title: Youth and the Maiden
Creator: Jim Dine
Creator Lifespan: 1935
Date: 1988
Provenance: Acquired in 2015
Type: Print
Rights: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
Medium: iorelief, woodcut, soft-ground and spit-bite aquatint, drypoint with hand coloring on Arches Cover White paper
Höhe: 198.8 cm
Collection: Department of Prints and Drawings, New Worlds
Breite: 355 cm

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