- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Mr. Green on the roof courtin' the blues
- Creator:
- Snipes, Buddy, 1943-
- Date of Original:
- 1996
- Subject:
- Folk art--United States
African American folk art--United States
Sculpture--United States
African American sculpture--United States
Folk art--Alabama
African American folk art--Alabama
Sculpture--Alabama
African American sculpture--Alabama
Masks in art
Human figure in art - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- mixed media
found objects
wood
paint
wire - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sculpture by James "Buddy" Snipes.
One of twelve children, Buddy Snipes was born in Macon County, Alabama, where he still resides and creates art work from found objects. When asked about the inspiration for his work, Snipes stated that, "I see something and it just comes to me...God put this in my head and I does it."
Purchase of the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm04132011-224
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm04132011-224
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 sculpture : mixed media, including wood, paint, and wire ; 87 x 25 x 18 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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