Jim Dine (B. 1935)
Plant Becomes a Fan
signed and lettered 'Jim Dine V' and cast with signature and date 'Jim Dine 1963-73' (on the base of each element)
cast aluminum—five elements
height: variable from 26 to 27½ in. (66 x 68.8 cm.)
Executed in 1963-1973. This work is version 'V' from an edition of 26 lettered consecutively 'A' to 'Z.'

Provenance
Private collection, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature
D. Shapiro, Jim Dine: Painting What One Is, New York, 1981, pl. 141 (another example illustrated).
M. Shapiro, Jim Dine: Sculptures and Drawings, New York, 1984, p. 6 (another example illustrated).
M. Livingston, Jim Dine: The Alchemy of Images, New York, 1998, p. 135 (another example illustrated in color).
M. Anderson, Extending the Artist's Hand: Contemporary Sculpture from the Walla Walla Foundry, Washington, 2004, p. 29.
Jim Dine: Night Fields, Day Fields - Sculpture, Göttingen, 2011.