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ClassificationsPaintings-oils

Artist Clay Kelly (American, born 1874)

Dateearly 20th century

Place DepictedMexico, Central America, North America

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Framed: 36 x 46 in. (91.4 x 116.8 cm)

Object number33868

DescriptionThis oil on canvas by artist Clay Kelly from the eartly 19th century is set in Mexico. Clay Kelly was born in 1874 and spent most of his life working as a commercial artist and eventually as an art teacher, living in San Francisco and Chicago and traveling as often as he could get the chance. However, in 1937 he mysteriously disappeared off the face of the earth. Even a ten-year manhunt prompted by his wife did not turn him up and it is unknown what happened to date. Cows and other bovids appear with a relative frequency in his sketches and drawings.The Bowers has a series of sketches and paintings that he made down in Mexico.

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