June

Date: ca. 1911
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/1916/1916.10.1_1a.jpg?itok=nx1D1S-s width="260" height="350" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/june-222"]] || Title: **June**

Artist: **John White Alexander** Born: Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1856 Died: New York, New York 1915

Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 48 7/8 x 36 1/8 in. (124.3 x 91.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of William Alexander

Accession: 1916.10. 1 || The flowers in full bloom may represent the attractive young lady, who holds one in a vase. The title June probably refers to summer's first month, implying that the woman is at the cusp of adulthood, a genteel way of highlighting her beauty and desireability.
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