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The Retreat

1950

June Wayne

Associated Names

June Wayne

Artist, American, 1918 - 2011

The image shows a large oval-like shape filled with intricate and complex patterns. Sharp, jagged lines are interspersed throughout. The composition includes various designs that resemble familiar objects, such as an eye, teeth, rocks, scales, fur, and a rose-like form. The oval shape gives a sense of depth and dimensionality, resembling a cave or mouth. A smaller oval nearby contains geometric lines and textures resembling wood grain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Lloyd Rigler, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 35.5 x 51.2 cm (14 x 20 3/16 in.)
sheet: 45.7 x 58.2 cm (18 x 22 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.206.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Gilmour 1992, no. 9

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1992

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

2007

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

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 22/35 The Retreat; lower right in graphite: June C Wayne 1950; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 23

Markings

BS: Tamarind chop

Wikidata ID

Q74896247

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