Jim Dine (b.1935 American) ''The Yellow Venus'' 1994-96 Sculpture Chainsaw Carved and Painted Wood 56''x25''x24''. Museum quality pop art sculpture from his Venus series. Comes on custom black pedestal made by Dennis Roux 14''x29''x26''. No visible signature. Catalog raisonne #1996.03. Excellent condition. Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Pace/Wildenstein Gallery, New York. Purchased Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle. Collection of Mark Bloome, Seattle. Exhibited: Jim Dine: Venus, Meyerson and Nowinski Art Associates, Seattle, September 25-November 9, 1997. Jim Dine's Venus, Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, July 12-October 13, 1996. Published: Jim Dine. Text by G,rard-Georges Lemaire, Claude Lorent, and Dominique Stella. Brescia, Italy: Galleria Agnellini Arte Moderna, 2011: 41, 49. Updike, Robin. ''Artist Jim Dine Brings Fresh Vision to the Familiar.'' Seattle Times, September 26, 1997 (illustrated). Jim Dine: Venus. Text by Marco Livingstone. Trieste, Italy: Civico Museo Revoltella, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, 1996: 44, 45 (illustrated). Jim Dine: Venus. Exhibition brochure. Text by Marco Livingstone. Trieste, Italy: Civico Museo Revoltella, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, 1996: n.p. (illustrated) Jim Dine. Texts by Attilio Codognato, David Shapiro, Carter Ratcliff, and Marco Livingstone. Venice: Galleria d'arte moderna di Ca' Pesaro, 1988: 108. We would like to thank Sara Davidson of Artifex Press for helping us catalog this work. Davidson, Sara, ed. Jim Dine: Sculpture, 1983 to present. New York: Artifex Press, 2013. www.artifexpress.com [Catalogue #1996.03]