At Last a Thousand II

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

At Last a Thousand II

Entry/Object ID

2017.32

Description

Galactic atmosphere with greens, yellows, browns, black

Artwork Details

Medium

Color lithograph

Context

Wayne held a lifelong fascination with science, and consumed texts and news about nature and space voraciously. At first impression, the At Last A Thousand series suggests the mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb, a traumatic image circulated widely in the wake of World War II and ensuing global arms race, or a lunar crater. Yet the artist’s image actually depicts the migration and mass suicide of lemmings, a popular myth perpetuated by a Disney documentary at the time. Wayne produced the texture of the work using sand, salt, twigs, and other materials that were part of her signature studio experiments. The title celebrated the 1000th print made at Tamarind.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.22-36

Source or Donor

Belverd Needles, Marian Needles

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Belverd Needles Jr and Marian Powers Needles

Made/Created

Artist

Wayne, June

Date made

1965

Ethnography

Notes

North America US Chicago

Edition

Edition Size

20

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

BL/Recto

Transcription

[Title]

Notes

Inscription Type: white pencil

Location

to Left of Title Inscription

Notes

Inscription Type: punchmarks (3)

Location

BR/Recto

Transcription

'15/20, wayne'

Notes

Inscription Type: white pencil

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

space (composition concept), formal concepts (artistic concept), artistic concepts, reproductive prints, prints (visual works), visual works (works), texture (physical attribute)

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Objects Facet, Physical Attributes Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall; image

Width

34-5/8 in

Length

24-3/8 in