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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Chapter 15: The assassins pursue Pinocchio; and having overtaken him hang him to a branch of the big oak
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Chapter 15: The assassins pursue Pinocchio; and having overtaken him hang him to a branch of the big oak

Artist Jim Dine (American, b. 1935)
CultureAmerican
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)
PortfolioPinocchio (Portfolio), edition 17/35
Credit LineGift of Charlotte and Gil Minor
Object number2019.17.1.19
Not on view
DescriptionOne of 44 lithographs that present the original story of Pinocchio. Pinchocchio is hanging with a chain around his neck. His tongue sticks out. The assassins are in the background, cloaked, dark figures. The text reads "The assassins pursue Pinocchio and hang him."
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
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
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 8: Geppetto makes Pinocchio new feet, and sells his own coat to buy him a spelling book
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
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
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 14: Pinocchio, because he would not heed the good counsels of the Talking Cricket, falls among assassins
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
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
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 21: Pinocchio is taken by a peasant, who obliges him to fill the place of his watchdog in the poultry yard
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 6: Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on the brazier, and wakes in the morning to find them burnt off
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 25: Pinocchio promises the Fairy o be good and studious, for he is quite sick of being a puppet and wishes to become an exemplary boy
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 28: Pinocchio is in danger of beeing fried in a frying pan like a fish
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
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
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 5: Pinocchio is hungry and searches for an egg to make himself an omelet; but just at the most interesting moment the omelet flies out the window
2006
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Jim Dine
Chapter 9: Pinocchio sells his spelling book that he may go and see a puppet show
2006
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