Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Dear God help Us To Keep Peace


A black-and-white photo of Nellie Mae Rowe and Judith Alexander—colored with blue, purple, and yellow accented lips, garments, jewelry, and fingernails—housed within an ornate Styrofoam frame with text “Call on God” and “Judith Alexander.”

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Object Details


Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe, American, 1900–1982

Date

1977–1979

Medium

Gelatin silver print, crayon, marker, pen, plastic jewelry, and Styrofoam frame

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 13 x 21 x 2 3/4 inches (33 cm x 53.3 cm x 7 cm) Framed/Mounted: 20 x 28 x 3 1/2 inches (50.8 cm x 71.1 cm x 8.9 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2002.236

Image Copyright

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

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