One Up One Down
Print
October 1969 (made)
October 1969 (made)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
June Wayne established the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1960 and was a key figure in the revival of interest in printmaking, particularly lithography, among the highest-ranking artists working in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s.
Her own prints show her concern with exploring texture in lithography. Here a surface that appears like slate or rock is scratched with the word ‘Yaweh’ (the Jewish alternative for Jehovah), the imperfectly formed H allowing the letters to be read as an anagram of Wayne.
This image was later augmented into a series called ‘Justice’, inspired by Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel The Trial.
Her own prints show her concern with exploring texture in lithography. Here a surface that appears like slate or rock is scratched with the word ‘Yaweh’ (the Jewish alternative for Jehovah), the imperfectly formed H allowing the letters to be read as an anagram of Wayne.
This image was later augmented into a series called ‘Justice’, inspired by Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel The Trial.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | One Up One Down (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
Brief description | June Wayne, 'One Up One Down' State I. Printed by Serge Lozingot, Tamarind Lithography Workshop; USA, 1969 |
Physical description | Lithograph; bleed image on BFK Rives paper with chop marks of Tamarind, printer and artist. Image made by spraying tusche onto crumpled transfer paper but also looks like wall of slate/rockon which scratched the word Yaweh (Jewish alternative for Jehovah)- the imperfectly formed H also allows letters to be read as an anagram of Wayne. [Information provided by Pat Gilmour] |
Dimensions |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Copy number | 5 of 20 |
Marks and inscriptions | signed and dated lower right in black ink:Wayne Aug 69.
Inscribed with title and numbered 5/20.
embossed with chop marks of artist, printer and Tamarind. |
Credit line | Given by Pat Gilmour |
Subject depicted | |
Summary | June Wayne established the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1960 and was a key figure in the revival of interest in printmaking, particularly lithography, among the highest-ranking artists working in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s. Her own prints show her concern with exploring texture in lithography. Here a surface that appears like slate or rock is scratched with the word ‘Yaweh’ (the Jewish alternative for Jehovah), the imperfectly formed H allowing the letters to be read as an anagram of Wayne. This image was later augmented into a series called ‘Justice’, inspired by Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel The Trial. |
Associated objects | |
Other number | st.I |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.234-1999 |
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Record created | January 18, 2000 |
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