Lodestar

June Wayne
12¾ x 9¾ in. (32.4 x 24.8 cm)
Color lithograph printed by Edward Hamilton on Wayne’s own Rives with Tamstone watermark.
Edition of 15,1981.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Knoxville Museum of Art, 1995; Macquarie Galleries, 1989 (illus.); Fresno Art Museum, 1988 (illus.); Associated American Artists, 1988.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Brodsky Center, Pomona College Museum of Art.

COMMENTS
A lodestar was one used to guide the course of a ship. The push and pull of the universe is felt as one force attracts and marshals others. This print was meant to be looked at from any angle. In Wayne’s instructions, inscribed on the back of many of her later works, “Hang in any direction”. What is up, what is down in the vastness of the universe? For Wayne, this is very much up for grabs.

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