Rose Cecil-Latham O'Neill
Kewpies to The Rescue to Help the Downtrodden in Slums Feminist Art, 1910
Pen and Ink on Paper
15 × 22 in | 38.1 × 55.9 cm
$ 40,000.00
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Occasionally, one discovers a thinker and creator who is generations ahead of their time. So is the case with Rose Cecil O'Neill, who was active at the turn of the...
Occasionally, one discovers a thinker and creator who is generations
ahead of their time. So is the case with Rose Cecil O'Neill, who was
active at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. In the present work, we
see the trailblazing female artist/social activist shine a light on the
hardships and inequities of turn-of-the-century tenement life in
America. Her narrative illustration depicts a woman slaving away at a
sewing machine while her child is held captive in a high chair,
eliciting great empathy in the viewer. An empty can of sardines and a
broken coffee cup in the foreground add to the scene's misery quotient.
Fear
not. Hope is on its way in the form of O'Neill's angelic Kewpies,
offering empathy and emotional support to the hardships of working
women.
What Jacob Reis did with a camera, Rose Oneill does with a pen
This
pen-and-ink depiction of working-class squalor packs an emotional punch
that still resonates with viewers today. The caption reads: Tied in his
highchair all the day. No air, no proper food, no play.
The original pen-and-ink-on-paper illustration is titled in pencil in the lower left and signed in the lower right.
22 x 29 inches
ahead of their time. So is the case with Rose Cecil O'Neill, who was
active at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. In the present work, we
see the trailblazing female artist/social activist shine a light on the
hardships and inequities of turn-of-the-century tenement life in
America. Her narrative illustration depicts a woman slaving away at a
sewing machine while her child is held captive in a high chair,
eliciting great empathy in the viewer. An empty can of sardines and a
broken coffee cup in the foreground add to the scene's misery quotient.
Fear
not. Hope is on its way in the form of O'Neill's angelic Kewpies,
offering empathy and emotional support to the hardships of working
women.
What Jacob Reis did with a camera, Rose Oneill does with a pen
This
pen-and-ink depiction of working-class squalor packs an emotional punch
that still resonates with viewers today. The caption reads: Tied in his
highchair all the day. No air, no proper food, no play.
The original pen-and-ink-on-paper illustration is titled in pencil in the lower left and signed in the lower right.
22 x 29 inches