The Collaborative Print: Works from SOLO Impression highlights the creative partnerships between SOLO Impression Inc. founder Judith Solodkin and important contemporary women artists, including Louise Bourgeois, Maya Lin, Jean Shin, and Nancy Spero.
This selection from NMWA’s collection comprises prints made through creative partnerships at SOLO Impression Inc. Founder Judith Solodkin worked with established contemporary artists, including Ida Applebroog, Louise Bourgeois, Alice Neel, and Betye Saar. From its founding in New York City in 1975, SOLO Impression published and printed lithographs, woodcuts, and artists’ books.
Solodkin was the first woman to graduate as a master lithographer from the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an educational institution founded in 1960 in Los Angeles by artist June Wayne. Like Tamarind, SOLO encourages experimentation and intimate printing partnerships.
The Dorothy Series by June Wayne complement the prints from SOLO Impression. Created in a hyper-realist style using reprinted photographs, documents, and scrapbook memorabilia, Wayne created the set of lithographs to narrate poignantly the life of her mother, who raised her as a single parent, had a successful sales career, and staunchly campaigned for women’s rights.

Ida Applebroog, Gulf + Western Plaza, 1987; Hand-colored lithograph on paper, 32 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Museum purchase: Members' Acquisition Fund; © Ida Applebroog
Exhibition Sponsors
The Collaborative Print: Works from SOLO Impression is organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts and is generously supported by the members of NMWA.
The Artist,
Lynda Benglis
Lynda Benglis first garnered art-world attention for her poured latex sculptures, which stood in marked contrast to the hard-edged sculpture of male-dominated Minimalism.
The Artist,
Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois is considered one of the most inventive and influential sculptors of the 20th century for her use of unconventional materials and allusive psychological content.
The Artist,
Petah Coyne
Petah Coyne evokes intensely personal associations in sculptures made of incredibly varied materials.
The Artist,
Lesley Dill
Lesley Dill, a painter, printmaker, sculptor, photographer, and performance artist with an abiding interest in language, typically works with natural materials.