Spring Plowing

Date1987

Artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley (1908-1997)

MediumOil or acrylic on canvas

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

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

Object number2001.101.2

DescriptionBright springtime painting of a large house and barns, and a duck pond in the foreground. A man sits under a tree fishing while a woman stands beside the pond waving. In the background men are plowing the fields with horses, while three moving wagons are cresting the two hills in the background
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987"
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.