Grandfather Floyd Painting By Lou Posner
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Artist:
Lou Posner
Title:
Grandfather Floyd
Price:
Sold
Year:
1979
Medium:
Size - (USA):
28 W x 24 H x 1 D (inches)
Size - (metric):
71.1 W x 61.0 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)
Theme:
Edition:
Original
Artwork ID:
626260
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Artwork Description:
This is John Floyd, of Willicootchie, Georgia, Marys maternal grandfather, a farmer and builder during the Great Depression. He was said to be the only man in his county, Coffee, who could and did read the newspaper. Note the details the floor lamp, the seat cushion replaced by a pillow resting on ropes, the simple boarded walls, the humble furnishings. There is a Floyd Island in the Okefenokee Swamp, so his ancesters might have mirgrated at some time from the swamp, a short distance away, to Willicoothie. This is the VERY FIRST Posner bib overalls series portrait. 1979. There are about 20 more now. See this website for many more. The portrait was given to Marys late mother, Mildred Munchel, where it hung in several homes she lived in.
