Packing to Move

Date1987

Artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley (1908-1997)

MediumOil or acrylic paint on canvas.

DimensionsImage: 24" x 36". Frame: 31" x 39 1/2"

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

Object number2001.101.1

DescriptionLarge brightly colored painting of a scene inside a house where the people are getting ready to move. Men, women, and children, are scurrying around the room climbing ladders to take down pictures, rolling carpets, and carrying household objects towards the front door. A wagon is seen through the opened front door in the back of the painting.
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987"
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.