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Nobody Knows de Trouble I See

1943

Ruth Starr Rose

Associated Names

Ruth Starr Rose

Artist, American, 1887 - 1965

This is a drawing of a burning house. In the foreground, a house is engulfed in flames with smoke rising towards the sky. Animals like a horse, pigs, and chickens are fleeing. Above the house, a figure sits in a chair surrounded by angelic figures with wings. The figures are amidst the swirling smoke. In the bottom right corner, three observers look upwards.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 345 x 256 mm
sheet: 485 x 321 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.4152

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

In pencil: lower right, Ruth Starr Rose '43; lower right corner (another hand), Nobody Knows.

Wikidata ID

Q76551768

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