"Zoo"

Date1987

Artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley (1908-1997)

MediumPaint, either oil or acrylic on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 24" x 36" Framed: 31" x 39 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.

Object number2001.101.9

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of an outdoor scene of a zoo, with many different kinds of animals in fenced-in pastures arrayed across the middle of the canvas. A road runs across the canvas in the foreground, with the entrance to the zoo in the center. A path snakes towards the top of the painting, and branches off to the left and right towards the city, which can be seen in the far left and right backgrounds. At top center is a tunnel running through a hill with closed doors in the background, and two guards standing in the front of the tunnel.
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987" Written in black paint across the lower center edge is the following: "ZOO"
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.