THE ART OF NELLIE MAE ROWE; NINETY-NINE AND A HALF WON'T DO.
Language: English
Published by New York - Jackson, MS: Museum of American Folk Art in association with University Press of Mississippi, 1998., 1998
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). 112 pages. Hardcover: H 31.25cm x L 23.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; a few scuffs and slight bumping at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Dark maroon boards. Small black ink dot (publisher's remainder mark?) on both text block's top edge and bottom edge near spine; small red ink mark on fore-edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by curator Lee Kogan and held at the Museum of American Folk Art, New York from January 16 to May 16, 1999 and then touring to Atlanta's High Museum of Art (November 20, 1999 to February 26, 2000), and Dallas' African American Museum (March 18 to May 14, 2000). ISBN 1578061326.
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- Title
- THE ART OF NELLIE MAE ROWE; NINETY-NINE AND A HALF WON'T DO.
- Author
- Kogan, Lee. Nellie Mae Rowe, 1900-1982. Museum of American Folk Art. Gerard C. Wertkin (Foreword). Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Introduction).
- Publisher
- New York - Jackson, MS: Museum of American Folk Art in association with University Press of Mississippi, 1998.
- Publication year
- 1998
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1578061326
- ISBN 13
- 9781578061327
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Art
For Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982) the old Southern world of shotgun houses, small churches, flowers, trees, and farm animals shined in her drawings, paintings, and sculpture. A self-taught artist from rural Georgia, she began creating when she was alone after the death of her second husband in 1948. From then until her death, her dreams and memories salved her loneliness with images of a bygone day, and these she made into art.
The Art of Nellie Mae Rowe is the most substantial gathering of her work to date. Here eighty full color and ten black and white images display the artist's extraordinary intuitive color sense and the vibrancy and variety of her work.
She used whatever materials were at hand. When painting and drawing on paper, Styrofoam, cardboard, and wood, she favored plain and colored pencils, ink and felt tip pens, and gouache. Jewelry, lace, wigs, felt hats, and eye-glasses enhanced her cloth dolls. Sculpting, she gathered found objects, marbles, and glitter and fastened them with chewing gum. In these color-saturated works, there is an exuberant and idiosyncratic self-expression.
Lee Kogan, director of the Folk Art Institute of the Museum of American Folk Art, unites the paintings and sculptures with a look at the artist's surroundings, practices, and culture. This collection of her work also includes a preface by Gerard C. Wertkin, Director of the Museum of American Folk Art, and a contextual essay by Atlanta-born Kinshasa Holman Conwill, director of the Studio Museum of Harlem.
Nellie Mae Rowe lived her entire life on the rural fringes of Atlanta in Fayetteville and Vinings, Georgia. She was one of nine daughters of a former slave who worked as a farmer, a blacksmith, and basket weaver.
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About the Author
Rowe, Nellie Mae lived her entire life on the rural fringes of Atlanta in Vinings, Georgia. She was one of nine daughters of a former slave who worked as a farmer, a blacksmith, and a basket weaver.
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