Object number2005.33.1

A Dream

Date1987

Artist Beverly "Gayleen" Aiken (American, 1934-2005)

CultureAmerican

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 16 x 19 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (40.64 x 50.48 x 3.81 cm)
Framed: 16 1/2 x 20 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (41.91 x 51.75 x 4.45 cm)

Credit LineGift of Pat O’Brien Parsons, class of 1951

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Signed(recto, LRC, blue paint) By Gayleen Aiken./ (red paint) ARTisT, I BEEN iN Movie Films. I LikE oLD NickELODEONS, lARGE COUNTRY HOUSES, I plAy ORGANS, xylopHonEs, DRUMS, piANos, HARMONICAS, AUTOHARP, liTTlE BElls KAlimBAs & MORE. WE CAMp lATlEy.; (recto, LC

Inscribed(recto, LL, blue paint) A DREAM OF ME AT AN old THEATRE ORGAN pLAyiNg music way BACK OF oLD LARGE HEIRloom House MOONLigHt LATE AFTER MIDNIGHT./ (red paint/ black ink) COUSIN GAylEEN R. is way up playing A piANo on A PORCH.; (recto, LL, black ink) ME BGA (with arrow pointing upwards); (recto, LR, black paint) When WE CAMP AROUND HELPING RELATIVES WITH PROPERTiES, WE Miss OUR VERyold wAllpApER, FANCy CHANDEliERS, Woodwork closits, old poRcHES couNtRy Hills music EcHo iN OUR old Rooms. WE CAMP NOW. MAyBE HAVE A BiG HoBBy MUSEUM iN ONE OF OUR old Big- HEIRLoom couNTRy Houses, laTER. MigHT MOVE Back To ONE SOMETiME.; (verso, UR, graphite) For Pat Parsons c/o Don Sunseri; (verso, UR, black ink) Collector's classification number: PPOGA960110; (verso, LL, blue ink) iF ANyonE wRiTEs to mE, SHould Tell me iF you EVER SAw & HEARD AN old NickEloDEon Any wHERE, TEll mE ABOUT youR HoBBies, SpoRts, music lARgesT & smallest HousEs, and Family. .; (verso, LC, blue ink) To pat parsons. c/o Don Sunseri of these art shows; (verso, LR, blue ink) These art can be sold after the art shows

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