Nellie Mae Rowe & Her Doll

There exists a tradition of "yard shows" in the Southern United States, in which artists exhibit their creations in elaborate configurations on their properties. Rowe fashioned her yard into what she called her "playhouse." Visitors to Rowe's decorated yard encountered a cobbled pathway of bottle caps, homemade dolls, topiary, and Christmas ornaments hung from trees in an idiosyncratic adaptation of the African bottle tree tradition. This photo shows Rowe with one of the life-size dolls she created.
Edition of 15 (#3/15) -- Melinda Blauvelt.