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The Salon, June Leaf, 1965, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

raucous parlor scene; two women seated at table holding a glass object with smoke, the woman at L is in her underwear, and the woman at R, in a green dress, is being fondled by a man in blue near C; nude woman seated on a chair near C throwing hands above head; nude woman holding a mirror at R among other, younger, nude figures; yellow-framed screen open URQ Eight women and children fill this room with raucous laughter, dancing and celebration. It is a party that appears wildly out of control–one figure holds a round cartoon-like bomb, its wick lit and smoking. Another holds a mirror up and grimaces towards the viewer, tongue out like a Gorgon warding away the evil eye. June Leaf based this painting on a print of an 18 th century French painting showing a genteel gathering in a fancy room. She upturned civility to allow for this rambunctious soiree in which anything might happen. Leaf spent a summer in Paris copying old master paintings at the Louvre as a young woman. Her understanding of the conventions of genre painting has allowed her to satirize it here. Size: 48 1/4 × 68 1/4 in. (122.56 × 173.36 cm) (sight) 58 1/4 × 78 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (147.96 × 199.39 × 6.35 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/125787/

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June Leaf in her studio, Bleecker Street, NYC, December 1992 (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) #juneleaf #allenginsberg #robertfrank #sculpture #kineticsculpture #newyorkcity

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The Salon, June Leaf, 1965, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

raucous parlor scene; two women seated at table holding a glass object with smoke, the woman at L is in her underwear, and the woman at R, in a green dress, is being fondled by a man in blue near C; nude woman seated on a chair near C throwing hands above head; nude woman holding a mirror at R among other, younger, nude figures; yellow-framed screen open URQ Eight women and children fill this room with raucous laughter, dancing and celebration. It is a party that appears wildly out of control–one figure holds a round cartoon-like bomb, its wick lit and smoking. Another holds a mirror up and grimaces towards the viewer, tongue out like a Gorgon warding away the evil eye. June Leaf based this painting on a print of an 18 th century French painting showing a genteel gathering in a fancy room. She upturned civility to allow for this rambunctious soiree in which anything might happen. Leaf spent a summer in Paris copying old master paintings at the Louvre as a young woman. Her understanding of the conventions of genre painting has allowed her to satirize it here. Size: 48 1/4 × 68 1/4 in. (122.56 × 173.36 cm) (sight) 58 1/4 × 78 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (147.96 × 199.39 × 6.35 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/125787/

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Murder in the Bronx, June Leaf, c. 1967, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

mottled blue ground; gold frame like element with pair of American flags at bottom; flags, ribbons, spears and figures at top; outdoor scene at top inside frame with tree at right and building at left, with a man and woman at center, with the man holding a knife in his PR hand; figures in corners of scene; lower rectangular scene with figures including a seated figure with black hair with two children; thickly painted, impressionistic style lacking details Size: 45 3/16 × 39 1/16 in. (114.78 × 99.22 cm) (sight) 50 7/8 × 44 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (129.22 × 113.67 × 5.72 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on paper laid down on board

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/128311/

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Murder in the Bronx, June Leaf, c. 1967, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

mottled blue ground; gold frame like element with pair of American flags at bottom; flags, ribbons, spears and figures at top; outdoor scene at top inside frame with tree at right and building at left, with a man and woman at center, with the man holding a knife in his PR hand; figures in corners of scene; lower rectangular scene with figures including a seated figure with black hair with two children; thickly painted, impressionistic style lacking details Size: 45 3/16 × 39 1/16 in. (114.78 × 99.22 cm) (sight) 50 7/8 × 44 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (129.22 × 113.67 × 5.72 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on paper laid down on board

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/128311/

[mia-paintings]

Murder in the Bronx, June Leaf, c. 1967, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

mottled blue ground; gold frame like element with pair of American flags at bottom; flags, ribbons, spears and figures at top; outdoor scene at top inside frame with tree at right and building at left, with a man and woman at center, with the man holding a knife in his PR hand; figures in corners of scene; lower rectangular scene with figures including a seated figure with black hair with two children; thickly painted, impressionistic style lacking details Size: 45 3/16 × 39 1/16 in. (114.78 × 99.22 cm) (sight) 50 7/8 × 44 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (129.22 × 113.67 × 5.72 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on paper laid down on board

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/128311/

[mia-paintings]

The Salon, June Leaf, 1965, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

raucous parlor scene; two women seated at table holding a glass object with smoke, the woman at L is in her underwear, and the woman at R, in a green dress, is being fondled by a man in blue near C; nude woman seated on a chair near C throwing hands above head; nude woman holding a mirror at R among other, younger, nude figures; yellow-framed screen open URQ Eight women and children fill this room with raucous laughter, dancing and celebration. It is a party that appears wildly out of control–one figure holds a round cartoon-like bomb, its wick lit and smoking. Another holds a mirror up and grimaces towards the viewer, tongue out like a Gorgon warding away the evil eye. June Leaf based this painting on a print of an 18 th century French painting showing a genteel gathering in a fancy room. She upturned civility to allow for this rambunctious soiree in which anything might happen. Leaf spent a summer in Paris copying old master paintings at the Louvre as a young woman. Her understanding of the conventions of genre painting has allowed her to satirize it here. Size: 48 1/4 × 68 1/4 in. (122.56 × 173.36 cm) (sight) 58 1/4 × 78 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (147.96 × 199.39 × 6.35 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/125787/

[mia-paintings]

The Salon, June Leaf, 1965, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

raucous parlor scene; two women seated at table holding a glass object with smoke, the woman at L is in her underwear, and the woman at R, in a green dress, is being fondled by a man in blue near C; nude woman seated on a chair near C throwing hands above head; nude woman holding a mirror at R among other, younger, nude figures; yellow-framed screen open URQ Eight women and children fill this room with raucous laughter, dancing and celebration. It is a party that appears wildly out of control–one figure holds a round cartoon-like bomb, its wick lit and smoking. Another holds a mirror up and grimaces towards the viewer, tongue out like a Gorgon warding away the evil eye. June Leaf based this painting on a print of an 18 th century French painting showing a genteel gathering in a fancy room. She upturned civility to allow for this rambunctious soiree in which anything might happen. Leaf spent a summer in Paris copying old master paintings at the Louvre as a young woman. Her understanding of the conventions of genre painting has allowed her to satirize it here. Size: 48 1/4 × 68 1/4 in. (122.56 × 173.36 cm) (sight) 58 1/4 × 78 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (147.96 × 199.39 × 6.35 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/125787/