DINE, Jim. Glyptotek. Illustrated with 40 intaglio prints from copper plates by Jim Dine, plus a title-page print. Elephant folio, 682 x 530 mm, bound in original publisher's cloth, in original slipcase. New York and London: Pace Editions and Waddington Graphics, 1988.

One of 90 copies, signed by Jim Dine. The intaglio plates are Dine's interpretations of the classical sculpture in the Glyptotek (i.e. "Sculpture Museum") in Munich, and represent some of Dine's most skillful graphic work in intaglio. "These are not academic studies of stone sculptures. Rather than recording them as ancient carvings, through his graphic transformation Dine willed them back to their original state of living beings... The urgency of the line, the exaggerated tonal variations, the large scale, and the obvious link to the great monuments in Western art history result in an expressive power that hits the viewer with full force" (Feinberg, Dine, p. 87).

Printed on Zirkall Litho paper, with letterpress by Alan Kitching, of Omnific (London). The plates were editioned by Kurt Zein (Vienna) and the binding and slipcase were executed by Pella Erskine-Tulloch and Jane Rollo, Bookworks (London). Preface by the artist with a poem by him (after Sappho). In mint condition.