I am own my way home - High Museum of Art

I am own my way home

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A brown animal with black linear details stands in a grassy setting with blue accents; small text in cursive at the top reads, “I am on my way home.”

Details

Title

I am own my way home

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1981

Medium

Crayon and marker on cardboard

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 14 1/4 x 11 inches (36.2 cm x 27.9 cm) Framed/Mounted: 21 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (54 cm x 64.1 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.148

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

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