"Movie"

Date1989

Artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley (1908-1997)

OriginAmerica, Georgia

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 number2001.101.16

DescriptionBrightly colored painting depicting the inside of a movie house. Rows of seats filled with people are in the foreground, and filling the center of the painting is the movie screen. The picture on the movie screen portrays a farm in the country.
MarkingsWritten in black paint in the lower right corner "M.L. O'KELLEY/1989/#19", and across the lower center edge is the title: "MOVIE".
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.