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Dear God help Us To Keep Peace

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

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.”

Details

Title

Dear God help Us To Keep Peace

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

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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