Coming Out

1979

June Wayne

Associated Names
June Wayne

Artist, American, 1918 - 2011

Ed Hamilton

Printer, American, born 1941

The image shows a collage of four figures depicting different views and stages of a single subject's life. At the bottom center, a small girl is seated with her legs bent to her side. She has shoulder-length, wavy hair and a serene expression, dressed in a simple short-sleeved dress and shoes. Above her, a bust of a slightly older child appears holding a floral object and gazes softly forward. To her right, a profile view of a mature woman with longer hair draped around her face and shoulders is seen in a slightly abstract outline. Overlapping these images, slightly to the left, a third figure shows a frontal portrait of a woman from the waist up, smiling gently, with short hair, wearing a dress with wide shoulder straps. The scene is set against a muted, uniform background, emphasizing the figures within the frame.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on natural Japon nacré

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joan Palevsky

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.91 × 52.71 cm (16 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 43.82 × 54.93 cm (17 1/4 × 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.7.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Conway 2007, no. 313

Associated Artworks

See all 21 artworks
The image contains an outlined pair of heeled shoes in the bottom left corner. The color palette transitions from pale lilac at the top, through soft pink in the middle, to muted olive green at the bottom. White text on the right describes "The Dorothy Series," along with two outline symbols and the signature "Anne Warren."

Colophon

June Wayne, Ed Hamilton

1975

The image shows horizontal lines of varying thicknesses creating a layered effect. There is a rectangular area in the lower right corner with cursive handwriting that reads "the Dorothy Series by June Wayne."

The Dorothy Series

June Wayne

1975

The image depicts four individuals from the waist up standing closely together. In the center, a person is positioned slightly forward with a serious expression, wearing a dark, high-collared outfit, an elaborate hat with a flower, and neatly tucked hair. On either side, two young girls wear large, striped hats with bows, and light-colored dresses. To the right, a young boy in a light suit and cap stands slightly behind. The background is bluish, contrasting with the sepia overlay of the image, and the photograph is framed with a textured border.

Leaving, 1907

June Wayne, Ed Hamilton

1976


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1992

  • Gilmour, Pat. "A Love Affair with Lithography: The Prints of June Wayne." Print Quarterly 9, no. 2 (1992): no. 186.

2007

  • Conway, Robert P. June Wayne, the Art of Everything: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1936-2006. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2007, no. 313

Inscriptions

lower right, in graphite: 8/20 Coming Out June Wayne

Markings

artist's blindstamp [mushroom] and printer's blindstamp [winged heart], lower right

Wikidata ID

Q74036315

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