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Kewpie Dolls: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Codee Ratliff

March, 2019 by Ashley McLaughlin

Kewpie dolls are the creation of Rose O'Neill, a child prodigy, a suffragette, and a self-trained fine artist who was the highest-paid female commercial illustrator of the early 20th century.  O'Neill created Kewpies in 1909, when they first appeared in her illustration for a popular women's magazine.  With their nude, sexless, cherubic bodies; tiny wings; small tufts of hair; … [Read more...] about Kewpie Dolls: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Codee Ratliff

Filed Under: 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: american midwest ozarks culture, bonniebrook, conservation, doll, kewpie dolls, kuddle kewpie, rose o'neill

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