Weighed/Wanting
Print
September 1970 (made)
September 1970 (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, especially lithography, in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wayne’s work reflects her interest in the scientific developments of her time, particularly the exploration of space and concepts of genetic coding. Rosalind Franklin, the pioneering British scientist, is the coded subject of many of Wayne’s images. During the early 1950s Franklin worked in a virtually all-male environment. Although her discoveries were crucial to the discovery of the structure of DNA, published in 1953, they were never openly acknowledged by her male colleagues. The double helix formation of DNA is alluded to in the upper part of this image.
Wayne’s work reflects her interest in the scientific developments of her time, particularly the exploration of space and concepts of genetic coding. Rosalind Franklin, the pioneering British scientist, is the coded subject of many of Wayne’s images. During the early 1950s Franklin worked in a virtually all-male environment. Although her discoveries were crucial to the discovery of the structure of DNA, published in 1953, they were never openly acknowledged by her male colleagues. The double helix formation of DNA is alluded to in the upper part of this image.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Weighed/Wanting (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | June Wayne. 'Weighed/Wanting'. State I. Printed by Serge Lozingot, Tamarind Lithography Workshop; USA, 1970 |
| Physical description | Lithograph; bleed image on BFK Rives paper with artist's and printer's chop marks. Lower 4/5ths of the sheet:image from sprayed, crumpled paper, with patches of white unprinted paper toward/at lower margin. On the uppermost fifth of sheet a twisted, necklace like image. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 5 of 25 |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed, inscribed with title and numbered, in pencil at bottom left:June Wayne Weighted/Wanting 5/25 |
| Credit line | Given by Pat Gilmour |
| Subjects 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, especially lithography, in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s. Wayne’s work reflects her interest in the scientific developments of her time, particularly the exploration of space and concepts of genetic coding. Rosalind Franklin, the pioneering British scientist, is the coded subject of many of Wayne’s images. During the early 1950s Franklin worked in a virtually all-male environment. Although her discoveries were crucial to the discovery of the structure of DNA, published in 1953, they were never openly acknowledged by her male colleagues. The double helix formation of DNA is alluded to in the upper part of this image. |
| Associated objects | |
| Other number | st.I |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.235-1999 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2000 |
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