I Run into a net oh Boy - High Museum of Art

I Run into a net oh Boy

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Details

Title

I Run into a net oh Boy

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1982

Medium

Crayon and pencil on board

Dimensions

10 x 13 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.180

Location

Currently not on view

Rowe frequently included text in her work, sometimes incorporating it as a carefully designed pictorial element and other times as a caption or narrative explaining the action in a scene. She often wrote messages of spiritual praise, especially because she believed her artistic talent came from God. In some of her drawings from 1982, the year she passed away, she used her writing to embed messages of farewell.

Image Copyright

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

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