Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Ask God Far Peace or My Soul Backs


A woman wearing purple pants sits with her legs open and her head cocked to the side; an animal is behind her with the text “Ask God For Peace” written across its body.

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Object Details


Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe, American, 1900–1982

Date

1981

Medium

Crayon, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Support/Overall: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 cm x 61 cm) Framed/Mounted: 29 1/4 x 35 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (74.3 cm x 89.5 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.152

Image Copyright

© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

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