i Have Laid This Wold A Side i Am Happy with Lord - High Museum of Art

i Have Laid This Wold A Side i Am Happy with Lord

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Details

Title

i Have Laid This Wold A Side i Am Happy with Lord

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1982

Medium

Crayon, colored pencil, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

7 x 10 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.179

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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