God is So Good try Him call Him up and tell him what you want... - High Museum of Art

God is So Good try Him call Him up and tell him what you want...

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Written over blue Sears fashions stamp: “if you whisper, whisper a prayer call god up tell him up and tell him what you want.” Orange, partly cursive words on cardboard, saying: “God is so good, try him, call him up and tell him what you want.”

Details

Title

God is So Good try Him call Him up and tell him what you want...

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon, pencil, and pen on cardboard

Dimensions

10 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2002.238

Location

Currently not on view

Rowe’s body of work is chock-full of catch phrases and sayings that were collected from all sources of media, whether faith-bound or otherwise. Not all of her -isms are meant to be humorous, but you can certainly imagine her saying this phrase with a wry grin. Didactic in nature, this work is perhaps more subdued than others but undoubtedly no less enthusiastic regarding her particular practice of Christianity.

Image Copyright

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

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