Oil on canvas, signed 'Ellis Wilson' lower right, titled on the reverse. 24 x 20 in., 25 x 20 1/2 in.Note: Kentucky-born artist Ellis Wilson studied at the Chicago Art Institute before settling in Harlem, NY in 1928 where he joined the Harlem Artists Guild. He worked at several different jobs while pursuing his creative calling, and in 1944 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He used the funds to travel through the South and to Haiti, resulting in many paintings of scenes and subjects he witnessed during his travels.