The Cavern

June Wayne, Kafka Series
36 x 54 in. (92.4 x 137.2 cm)
Oil on canvas, 1948

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
Neuberger Museum of Art, 1997; Pasadena Art Institute,1952; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1950.

COMMENT
Like the black holes of the outer cosmos which Wayne would later explore, the cavern sucks matter and humanoid figures into its vortex. There is no escaping, even when the cavern's size doesn’t dominate.

The Cavern II

June Wayne, Kafka Series
2¼ x 29¼ in. (5.4 x 74.3 cm)
Lithograph printed by Lynton R. Kistler on Strathmore Fiesta.
Edition of 35, 1951.

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