June Wayne (American, 1918-2011), Because It's There, 1969 Color Lithograph
June Wayne (American, 1918–2011) was a highly influential American printmaker, painter, designer, author, and educator best known for founding the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1960, an institution widely credited with revitalizing fine art lithography in the United States during the postwar era. A pioneering figure in modern American printmaking, Wayne collaborated with generations of artists and master printers while helping elevate lithography to a major contemporary fine art medium. Her works are held in prominent institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Norton Simon Museum.
Because It’s There, 1969, color lithograph from stone in blues, gray-green, ochre, orange, and red on uncalendered Rives BFK paper. Printed by Serge Lozingot and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop; Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 2717II, corresponding to State II. The broad horizontal composition is built from layered, rock-like textures in intense blue and violet, shifting through gray-green and ochre at center to red-orange at the right, with irregular fissures and openings. Inscribed in graphite within the lower image “Tam Imp / Because / its there / Wayne ’69,” with Tamarind, Wayne, and Lozingot blindstamps; the verso is inscribed “2717 State II / uncalendered Rives BFK.” “Tam Imp” identifies this example as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the regular numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 35 x 23 inches. The sheet shows minor handling and light surface wear, with old mounting-tape remnants along the upper verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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June Wayne (American, 1918–2011) was a highly influential American printmaker, painter, designer, author, and educator best known for founding the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1960, an institution widely credited with revitalizing fine art lithography in the United States during the postwar era. A pioneering figure in modern American printmaking, Wayne collaborated with generations of artists and master printers while helping elevate lithography to a major contemporary fine art medium. Her works are held in prominent institutional collections including the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Norton Simon Museum.
Because It’s There, 1969, color lithograph from stone in blues, gray-green, ochre, orange, and red on uncalendered Rives BFK paper. Printed by Serge Lozingot and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop; Tamarind catalogue raisonné no. 2717II, corresponding to State II. The broad horizontal composition is built from layered, rock-like textures in intense blue and violet, shifting through gray-green and ochre at center to red-orange at the right, with irregular fissures and openings. Inscribed in graphite within the lower image “Tam Imp / Because / its there / Wayne ’69,” with Tamarind, Wayne, and Lozingot blindstamps; the verso is inscribed “2717 State II / uncalendered Rives BFK.” “Tam Imp” identifies this example as a Tamarind impression retained by the workshop outside the regular numbered edition. Sheet measures approximately 35 x 23 inches. The sheet shows minor handling and light surface wear, with old mounting-tape remnants along the upper verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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35 x 23 in
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