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| x | Lot 70 | Rose O'Neill | 1874-1944 | x | |||||||
| x | Young woman and children chasing butterflies. | x | |||||||||
| x | Illustration, ca. 1909; Ink, with pen and brush, 17.25 x 14.75", signed lower left | x | |||||||||
| x | Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 | x | |||||||||
| x | inscribed ÒTo HaroldÓ lower center. | x | |||||||||
| x | Condition - Very good overall: light age-toning at outer edges, matted and framed to 19 x 15.25". | x | |||||||||
| x | O'Neill's depiction of these children is very close to her way of drawing the character she invented, the Kewpie (from Cupid), probably within a year of this drawing. The Kewpie doll dominated the toy industry for a generation, and O'Neill became very wealthy from her comic strips, dolls, illustrations, and other versions of the pudgy tyke. | x | |||||||||
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