Try Me198343 1/8 x 25 x 3/4 " (109.5 x 63.5 x 1.9 cm)Paint on galvanized steelGift of Elizabeth Ross Johnson1985.35.220Painting of large, smiling black woman wearing pale green bikini, lying with legs spread apart. Woman has black curly hair and pale green eyes with black centers. Nose and mouth are drawn in red paint. The words "Try Me" are painted in red across UL and UR. The figure painted against ochre background. The background seems to have been painted flat brown with an overlay of ocher enamel paint; brown underpaint showing through areas of top layer, esp. arms, top of head152901990Sam DoylePaintingsupper center: 'TRY ME'lower right: 'S.D.'Frogmore, St. Helena IslandFrogmore, St. Helena IslandUnited StatesSouth CarolinaPaintingsFrogmore, St. Helena IslandObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgAccording to Louanne LaRoche, the subject of this painting was a "popular person on St. Helena's and Sam Doyle said that when she said "Try Me."reviewed by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project 202619831983 1985 35 22 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgAccording to Louanne LaRoche, the subject of this painting was a "popular person on St. Helena's and Sam Doyle said that when she said "Try Me."reviewed by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project 2026