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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Vio

1975

June Wayne

Associated Names

June Wayne

Artist, American, 1918 - 2011

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image features a rectangular block of varied textures and colors set against a smooth gradient background transitioning from gray to green hues. The inner rectangle appears dark with speckles of white and blue, resembling rough terrain or a night sky filled with stars. The pattern suggests a shadowed landscape or distant terrain viewed from above, highlighted by blue areas and white streaks resembling ice or water. The artwork combines abstract elements with textures found in natural settings.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of June Wayne, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 45.2 x 32.4 cm (17 13/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
sheet: 52.2 x 37.6 cm (20 9/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.205.11
Catalogue Raisonné

Gilmour 1992, no. 239

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1992

Gilmour, Pat. "A Love Affair with Lithography: The Prints of June Wayne." Print Quarterly 9, no. 2 (1992): no. 239.

2007

Conway, Robert P. June Wayne, the Art of Everything: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1936-2006. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2007, no.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Vio 7/20 June Wayne; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: JW340-85; lower left verso stamped in red: C '85 All Rights Reserved--June Wayne

Markings

BS: Tamarind chop

Wikidata ID

Q75120224

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