Sleapy Girl - High Museum of Art

Sleapy Girl

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A head floats within a blue and red chair with the text “Sleepy Girl” written below; a red animal, a bodiless head, and a human head attached to a bird’s body float around the scene.

Details

Title

Sleapy Girl

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1982

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 14 x 11 inches (35.6 cm x 27.9 cm) Framed/Mounted: 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (64.1 cm x 54 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.221

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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