"Underground 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 number2001.101.12

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of an interior view of a large shopping mall called "UNDERGROUND CITY". The large central area of the painting shows two escalators in the foreground, two roundabouts, and tables and shopping booths scattered about the floor. On either side, and to the back of this large space are doors opening into other shops.
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987" Written in black paint across the lower center edge is the following: "UNDERGROUND CITY".
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.