{"product_id":"2940169914221","title":"Citizen Keane: The Big Lies behind the Big Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeary, big-eyed orphans and a multitude of trashy knockoffs epitomized American kitsch art as they clogged thrift stores for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Adam Parfrey tracked down Walter Keane¿the credited artist of the weepy waifs¿for a \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Reader\u003c\/i\u003e cover story in 1992, he discovered some shocking facts. Decades of lawsuits and countersuits revealed the reality that Keane was more of a con man than an artist, and that he forced his wife Margaret to sign his name to her own paintings. As a result, those weepy waifs may not have been as capricious an invention as they seemed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParfrey¿s story was reprinted in \u003ci\u003eJuxtapoz\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and inspired a Margaret Keane exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum. Director Tim Burton made a movie about the Keanes called \u003ci\u003eBig Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, which came out in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCitizen Keane\u003c\/i\u003e is a book-length expansion of Parfrey¿s original article, providing fascinating biographical and sociological details.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102172823792,"sku":"2940169914221","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169914221_p0.jpg?v=1769903113","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169914221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}