Arriving, 1907
1976
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View on museum website →Medium
color lithograph on Rives paper
Dimensions
sheet: 43.82 × 54.93 cm (17 1/4 × 21 5/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
1981.7.3
Art Historical Context
"Arriving, 1907" is a color lithograph created by June Wayne in 1976 and printed on Rives paper. As part of a portfolio, this work showcases Wayne’s mastery of lithography, a medium she helped revive in the United States through her leadership at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. The technique allows for luminous layers of color and subtle tonal gradations, giving the print a rich, atmospheric quality within its modest sheet size of roughly 17 by 22 inches. The evocative title suggests a moment of arrival set in the early twentieth century, inviting viewers to reflect on themes of journey, t...
About the Artist
June Wayne
June Wayne (1918–2011) was a pioneering American printmaker, painter, tapestry innovator, and activist whose self-taught brilliance reshaped modern lithography and championed women in the arts. Born June Claire Kline on March 7, 1918, in Chicago to single mother Dorothy Kline—a fiercely independent Russian Jewish immigrant who fled pogroms—Wayne dropped out of high school at 15 to pursue art. Her ...