Ruth and Pauline Moaney at Breakfast
1932
Oil on canvas
24” x 36”
This charming double portrait gently introduces the daughters of Anna May Moaney, who, it was noted, chose to have her children’s hair plaited expressly for the occasion.
In 1936, this oil painting was entered into an international exhibition at the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The show, The Art of Today, presented cutting-edge art from a variety of Modern stylistic movements. This oil portrait was featured alongside the work of internationally acclaimed artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Salvador Dali, in addition to a handful of leading American artists, including Thomas Hart Benton, and Georgia O’Keeffe.