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2001.101.22, Painting
"Buggy Ride"
2001.101.22, Painting

"Buggy Ride"

Date1989
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 number2001.101.22
DescriptionBrightly colored painting of snowy scene in the country. A horse and buggy is wending its way along a winding hilly path towards the front of the painting. Various colored large homes dot the landscape. In the foreground children are building a snowman on the left side, while on the right, a horse, and cow munch on hay outside a red barn, while two red chickens are flapping their wings behind the horse.
MarkingsWritten in black paint in the lower right corner "M.L. O'KELLEY/1989 21", and across the lower center edge is the title: "BUGGY RIDE".
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.