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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of a young girl in blue bonnet.
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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A specialist in painting children, she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later illustrated books for Putnam's in New York City as well as worked on advertising images for Lux and Ivory Snow.
Smith perhaps is best remembered by the baby portrait displayed on jars of Gerber baby food and in advertisements which she created in 1927. It was based on the image of Ann Turner Cook, a friend of the family. The name behind the face, however, has long been (showing 500 of 1994 characters). |
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