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  • Jim Dine

    Two Big Black Hearts

    1985
    12' x 12' x 33" each
    bronze
    Lent by Hamilton Arts Inc.

    Born 1935, Cincinnati, OH
    Divides his time between Washington State and Paris, France

    Jim Dine loves things. Influenced as a young artist in the 1960s by Pop art, he turns objects and images from our everyday lives into the subjects of his work.  More info...

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