Untitled (Bird in Garden) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Bird in Garden)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Drawing of a small bird-like animal atop a striped platform in front of two large, leafed plants all colored in blue, red and white.

Details

Title

Untitled (Bird in Garden)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon, pen, and pencil on cardboard fabric bolt

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 8 x 23 x 5 inches (20.3 cm x 58.4 cm x 12.7 cm) Other (Plexi Box): 13 x 28 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches, (33 cm x 72.1 cm x 7 cm,)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2002.237

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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