My generation discovered the big-eyed waifs at grandma's house or in the marginalia of our local thrift shops. The generation older than me knows that at one point Margaret Keane's big-eyed paintings of children were everywhere. From those cheap reproductions in your grandmother's bathroom to Life Magazine spreads showcasing the original Keane oil paintings in the opulent homes of Hollywood stars. By the late 1960s it seemed like everyone owned a Keane. Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big...
My generation discovered the big-eyed waifs at grandma's house or in the marginalia of our local thrift shops. The generation older than me knows that at one point Margaret Keane's big-eyed paintings of children were everywhere. From those cheap reproductions in your grandmother's bathroom to Life Magazine spreads showcasing the original Keane oil paintings in the opulent homes of Hollywood stars. By the late 1960s it seemed like everyone owned a Keane. Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big...
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