Untitled (At Night Things Come to Me) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (At Night Things Come to Me)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

A woman lying on a bed looks up at several creatures including a blue rooster and a black dog; a woman wearing a green hat sits in a chair opposite the bed.

Details

Title

Untitled (At Night Things Come to Me)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1980

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 cm x 61 cm) Framed/Mounted: 29 1/4 x 35 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (74.3 cm x 89.5 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.226

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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