Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Nellie Mae Rowe’s Yard, Vinings, Georgia

A large clothed doll, wearing a striped top hat and shoes, sits on a bench next to a potted plant with its back facing the camera in the courtyard of Nellie Mae Rowe's garden in this black and white photo. The courtyard is full of mismatched chairs and a table, and a variety of ornaments hang from the tree branches above the doll's head. The doll faces the yard's wooden fence which is topped with potted plants. Beyond the fence, a two-lane road runs in front of the yard, beyond which is a landscape covered with kudzu vines.

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Melinda Blauvelt (American, born 1949), Nellie Mae Rowe’s Yard, Vinings, Georgia, 1971, gelatin silver print, 14 11/16 x 21 13/16 inches, gift of the artist, 2021.68. © Melinda Blauvelt.