Of this exquisite limited edition book of his
photographs, artist Jim Dine says, “The winter in
L.A. that year was kind of a ‘grey July.’ Diana and I
lived at 234 Entrada Drive in January and February
of 2001. These photographs are a memoir of what
our eyes saw in our garden and when we walked
to the Pacific Ocean. We also climbed into the
Santa Monica Mountains on our bicycles, crossing
Sunset Boulevard just where it goes into Pacific
Palisades. We did this every day, winding our way
through more L.A. suburbia till we reached the
fire trail into the mountains (where wilder animals
than us live).We hardly ever saw a neighbor to
make up stories about. Our landlady was called
Denise de Graf. She was ever-vigilant about our
comings and goings. I also think we lived just to
the north of the late Christopher Isherwood’s
house but maybe I dreamt that. That winter all
we thought about was our work and getting
back to Paris.” This first edition comes with a
stone lithograph in a handmade slipcase. All 100
copies are signed and numbered by the artist.