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Margaret Keane, American, b. 1927, "Children with a Lamb", Color Lith - $1,200 (Huntington Beach)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
Margart DH Keane
model name / number:
"Childern of the World"
size / dimensions:
23 x 18 in. image
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Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927 – June 26, 2022)
Margaret D. H. Keane, American, b. 1927, California, Tennessee, Hawaii Modernist portraiture, sad child and figurative painting, popular culture, 1970s “Children with a Lamb” Signed in pencil lower right, edition in pencil lower left 36/100 This print shows two children standing in the foreground, a boy with orange hair and a smaller girl with brown hair, just behind the boy and to the right. The boy holds a lamb as both retain a solemn stare with the viewer with the characteristic Keane eyes, which are large, widened and usually black. They stand on a road lined with short rock walls that winds to a castle in the distance. To the left stands a small white house, and the background is composed of rolling hills. Margaret Keane has been referenced numerous times in popular culture including a 2009 movie, and her work is held in many international public collections.Dimensions: 23 x 18 in. image, 36.75 . 29.5 frameArtist or Maker: Margaret KeaneMedium: Color lithograph
Condition
Good. Not examined outside of frame.
Margaret Keane Biography
Many born in the late 1950s and 1960s grew up under the sad, soulful big-eyed images of artist Margret Keane's popular art. Yet, the middle class purchasers displaying her paintings on suburban walls never knew the true artist. Her husband, Walter Keane, sold the kitsch paintings as his, making millions. She divorced him in 1965, eventually confessing the ruse, but Walter claimed she was a liar. In the mid-1980s, she won a defamation lawsuit when a judge proposed each produce a painting in court. Walter refused.
The life of artist Margaret Keane was made into a Tim Burton film in 2014 entitled Big Eyes. Though she has never gained favor in the world of art critics, she continues to paint. Margaret Keane's paintings and art for sale still feature subjects with big eyes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Keane