Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

View from Nellie Mae Rowe's Playhouse

Melinda Blauvelt
1949 -

View from Nellie Mae Rowe's Playhouse

1971, printed 2021.
16 x 20 inches
Gelatin silver print

Gift of the artist.

2021.71
Notes
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's playhouse with one of her life-size dolls seen from behind.
Edition of 15 (#3/15) -- Melinda Blauvelt.
Summary
View of playhouse, featuring doll by Nellie Mae Rowe in the center, with road and trees in the background.
Century
Department