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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 11: Fire-eater sneezes and pardons Pinocchio, who then saves the life of his friend Harlequin
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Chapter 11: Fire-eater sneezes and pardons Pinocchio, who then saves the life of his friend Harlequin

Artist Jim Dine (American, b. 1935)
Date2006
MediumLithograph
DimensionsPaper: 22 × 17 1/2 in. (55.9 × 44.5 cm)
Portfolio wood box: 24 × 19 1/2 × 3 in. (61 × 49.5 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsContemporary art
Credit LineGift of Charlotte and Gil Minor
Object number2019.17.1.15
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne of 44 lithographs that present the original story of Pinocchio. Pinocchio is on the right and a Harlequin is on the left. The Harlequin's outfit is teal, red, and yellow. The background is black and white with text.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 10: The puppets recognize their brother Pinocchio, and receive him with delight; but at that moment their mfaster Fire-eater makes his appearance and Pinocchio is in danger of coming to a bad end
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 12: The showman, Fire-eater, makes Pinocchio a present of five gold pieces to take home to his father, Geppetto, but Pinocchio instead allows himself to be taken in by the Fox and the Cat and goes with them
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 34: Pinocchio, having been thrown into the sea, is eaten by the fish and becomes a puppet as he was before. While he is swimming away to save his life he is swallowed by the terrible Dogfish
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 21: Pinocchio is taken by a peasant, who obliges him to fill the place of his watchdog in the poultry yard
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 2: Master Cherry makes a present of the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make for himself a wonderful puppet, that shall know how to dance, and to fence, and to leap like an acrobat
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 30: Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, starts secretly with his friend Candlewick for the Land of Boobies
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 4: The Story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, from which we see that naughty boys cannot endure to be corrected by those who know more than they do
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 17: Pinocchio eats the sugar, but will not take his medicine; when, however, he sees the gravediggers, who have arrived to carry him away, he takes it. He then tells a lie, and as a punishment his nose grows longer
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 23: Pinocchio mourns the death of the beautiful Child with the blue hair. He then meets with a Pigeon who flies him to the seashore, and there he throws himself into the water to go to the assistance of his father, Geppetto
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 33: Pinocchio, having become a genuine little donkey, is taken to be sold, and is bought by the director of a company of buffoons to be taught to dance, and to jump through hoops, but one evening he lames himself, and then he is brought by a man who wishes to make a drum of his skin
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 3: Geppetto having returned home begins at once to make a puppet, to which he gives the name of Pinocchio. The first tricks played by the puppet
Jim Dine
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 35: Pinocchio finds in the body of the Dogfish... whom does he find? Read this chapter and you will know
Jim Dine
2006
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