Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

1999, Letter from Georgia self-taught artist Ned Cartledge

First page of handwritten letter from Ned Cartledge addressed to Lee and dated December 4, 1999.

Second page of handwritten letter from Ned Cartledge.

Article clipped from a High Museum of Art newsletter from April/May 1999; titled "High Y'all;" subtitled, "Ned Cartledge: Satirist and Folk Artist."

Drawing by Nellie Mae Rowe enclosed with Ned Cartledge's letter. Drawing is of a white horse against a green background, facing plants of dark branches with orange tips. A pink and orange pig stands behind the horse. The words Ned Cartey are written in the upper left. Signed Nellie Mae Rowe in the bottom right, 1982.

Letter from Georgia self-taught artist Ned Cartledge regarding Nellie Mae Rowe, 1999. Courtesy of the Nellie Mae Rowe Archive, High Museum of Art, Atlanta.