Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

Blue Angell

A large blue plane with the number 5 and the words “USA Plain, Blue Angel” on it flies above several figures and a smaller, brown plane with the number 7 on it, all against a yellow background. Rowe’s signature contains the words, “I love God.”

Object Details

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe, American, 1900–1982

Date

1981

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

18 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.150

Image Copyright

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