Oil, Board

Abstract red and purple vertical striped painting titled "Forty XXX #2" by McKie Trotter. The piece is signed by the artist in the bottom left corner and is currently displayed in a black floating frame.

McKie Trotter was born in 1918 in Manchester, Georgia. He pursued his growing interest in art, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Virginia. Drafted into the war, Trotter served as infantry captain in 1943 and found himself as a prisoner of war until 1945. After the war, he returned to Georgia and earned his Master’s at the University of Georgia, Athens. Later, a teaching position in Fort Worth prompted him to relocate to Texas.

H 18.375 in. x W 5.375 in. x D 1.25 in.

H 17 in. x W 4 in.