Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ohio University in 1957 and has since become one of the most profound and prolific contemporary artists.
Dine’s unparalleled career spans more than 60 years, and his work is held in numerous private and public collections.

His books with Steidl include Pinocchio (2006), Hot Dream (52 Books) (2008), A Printmaker’s Document (2013), Paris Reconnaissance (2018), The Secret Drawings (2020), A Beautiful Day (2021), I print. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, 2001–2020 (2021) and Electrolyte in Blue (2021).

In late-1950s New York, Jim Dine was a key early practitioner of Happenings—antic, loosely scripted, multidisciplinary performance events.
He was painting avidly as well, often incorporating personal, domestic objects into both his canvases and his performances.
Jim Dine: Complete Graphics with essay, by John Russell, Galerie Mikro Berlin| Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover| Petersburg Press London 1970, 47c.