JUNE WAYNE Early RARE Original LITHOGRAPH RARE SPECTATOR Dedication PROOF 1960 For Sale

Artist: JUNE WAYNE (American,1918 - 2011)Title: "Spectator," 1960Medium: Original Lithographs printed from stone on Nacre paper in two colors, signed in pencil by the artist, and also individually titled, dated and numbered by the Artist in Pencil, with the blindstamp of the artistSignature: Signed by the Artist in graphiteEdition: Rare Proof - designated "Proof I" by the Artist designating the very first run of the work.Note: The Artist was so delighted with the proof / runthat she gave the proof to the work's printer, writing - "To Joe Funk with Thanks"Size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches (sheet; printed to the edges)Printer: Joe FunkPublisher:Tamarind Lithography WorkshopReference: Gilmour 1992, no. 56. Gilmour, Pat. "A Love Affair with Lithography: The Prints of June Wayne." Print Quarterly 9, no. 2 (1992): no. 56 (1992); Conway, Robert P. June Wayne, the Art of Everything: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1936-2006. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, (2007), no. 54Notes:Wayne's involvement with her own art is often eclipsed by her roles as founder of Tamarind and spokesperson for printmaking. Tenth Memory exemplifies her command of the most difficult of lithographic drawing media, the tusche wash (a greasy liquid used to create the effect of wash drawing). Here she employs the medium to spectacular effect: the swirling patterns known as retriculations are achieved only with an exercise of great control by both artist and printer.Provenance: From the UCLA Collection; Marilyn Pink - Los Angels; Hatay Stratton Fine ArtAbout the Artist:June Claire Wayne (March 7, 1918 – August 23, 2011) was an important American printmaker, tapestry designer, painter, and educator. She founded the Tamarind Lithography Workshop (1960–1970), a former California-based nonprofit print shop dedicated to lithography. Wayne's art has been exhibited all over the world and is part of several museum collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Norton Simon Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Rhode Island School of Design, Moore College of Art and Design, California College of Arts and Crafts, and The Atlanta College of Fine Arts.In 2002, Wayne became a research professor at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper. Wayne also donated a group of over 3,300 prints, both her work and the work of other artists, to the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, which established the June Wayne Study Center and Archives to house the collection.