{"product_id":"art-malles-meje-original-art-entitled-veste-xxxx-acrylic-on-glass-20-x-20-restored","title":"Art: Malles Meje Original Art Entitled Veste XXXX\/Acrylic on Glass 20 x 20 (Restored)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargareta Kaukonen aka Males Meje\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 1943 in Lund, Sweden. At 16, she was a layout editor for a young adult magazine called Fick Journal. She met Jorma Kaukonen on a ship traveling from Helsinki to St Petersburg (then Leningrad)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe came to Santa Clara, CA to be with Jorma. They married in 1964. They divorced in 1987. She was a self-taught stand-alone artist in a pre-psychedelic era when art and music were poised to explode. Margareta lived most of her life as an active substance abuser and died of renal failure in a hotel room in San Francisco, California...alone. Before she died, she gifted Vanessa Kaukonen with her entire collection of primarily unseen art and poetry. Vanessa has shown her work in several gallery spaces since the 2000s, donating proceeds to facilities that deal with alcohol and substance treatment in teens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis piece from the late 80's had a Jorma made box frame but it was beyond repair. The paint on glass has been restored by a professional art conservator. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"River Of Time Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53487826207014,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0823\/2052\/3558\/files\/IMG_5635.jpg?v=1784376054","url":"https:\/\/riveroftimeboutique.com\/products\/art-malles-meje-original-art-entitled-veste-xxxx-acrylic-on-glass-20-x-20-restored","provider":"River Of Time Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}