The Start of a Rock

Art © The June Wayne Collection/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

The Start of a Rock

Currently not on view

The Start of a Rock,

1956

June Wayne, 1918–2011; born Chicago, IL; died Los Angeles, CA
2018-196

Information

Title
The Start of a Rock
Dates

1956

Maker
June Wayne
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 40.3 × 30.2 cm (15 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 50.5 × 42.1 cm (19 7/8 × 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Conway, Graduate School Class of 1982
Object Number
2018-196
Signatures
Signed and dated in graphite below image, at right: June Wayne Dec 56
Inscription
Numbered and titled in graphite below image, at left: 11/18 The Start of a Rock
Reference Numbers
Conway 108
Culture
American
Type
lithographs, prints
Techniques
lithography
Subject
abstraction, rock (inorganic material)

Acquired from the artist by the donor, Robert Conway.

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