Dorothy & I on Park Hill, Tioga

Name/Title

Dorothy & I on Park Hill, Tioga

Entry/Object ID

2018.23

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on masonite board

Context

Credit Line: Gift of Rodney Ray Carleton

Made/Created

Artist

Maurice Becker

Date made

1928

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame Size

Height

13 in

Width

15-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

12 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

The artist, Maurice Becker, and his wife Dorothy are depicted in this painting riding horses along Park Hill Road in Pennsylvania. After Becker's release from prison, he lived in Pennsylvania for some time. This painting was a gift to his neighbor, who was a young child at the time, in exchange for cutting Becker's grass. The neighbor described Maurice and Dorothy as eccentric people who sometimes wandered their property in the nude.