My house is Clean Enought To Be helty and it Durty Enought To Be happy - High Museum of Art

My house is Clean Enought To Be helty and it Durty Enought To Be happy

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A scene depicts several animals and human figures of various colors and sizes; text above the scene across a pink background reads, “My house is Clean Enough to Be Healthy and it Durty Enough To Be happy.”

Details

Title

My house is Clean Enought To Be helty and it Durty Enought To Be happy

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1978–1982

Medium

Crayon, colored pencil, pen, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 cm x 61 cm) Framed/Mounted: 32 3/4 x 38 1/8 x 1 inches (83.2 cm x 96.8 cm x 2.5 cm)

Credit

Gift of Harvie and Charles Abney

Accession #

2021.34

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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