Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses
1856
Lilly Martin Spencer
American, born England, 1822-1902
American Art
As the title implies, this bold young woman promises a dose of molasses to the person advancing to kiss her while she makes fruit preserves. The painting’s subject was as uncommon at the time as its independent female artist.
Lilly Martin Spencer was a wife and mother as well as a professional painter and family breadwinner. Her great accomplishment was in representing homemakers who combined ideal domesticity and a more liberated, playful self-assertion. This spirited figure also acted as the artist’s own voice in a male-dominated art world.
Lilly Martin Spencer was a wife and mother as well as a professional painter and family breadwinner. Her great accomplishment was in representing homemakers who combined ideal domesticity and a more liberated, playful self-assertion. This spirited figure also acted as the artist’s own voice in a male-dominated art world.
- Maker/Artist
- Spencer, Lilly Martin
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 29 15/16 x 24 15/16 in. (76 x 63.3 cm) frame: 43 3/4 x 38 3/4 x 4 in. (111.1 x 98.4 x 10.2 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 70.26
- Credit Line
- A. Augustus Healy Fund
- Exhibitions
- American Identities: A New Look, A Celebration of American Ideals: Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum, American Art
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
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