"Big City"

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 number2001.101.7

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of a busy city with towering skyscrapers on the skyline. A large hotel fills the middle of the painting on the left side. Beside it is a three- tiered circular building with promenades on all three floors on which people are walking and sightseeing. Another large building is on the middle right with a sign "Rooms for Girls". In the front of the painting is a wide brick road filled with both horse-drawn vehicles and motor-powered vehicles. Branching off from this main road, a smaller road winds up on the right side of the painting, and the first of the three moving wagons appears slowly wending its way into the city.
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987" Written in black paint across the lower center edge is the following: "BIG CITY"
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.