Untitled (Blue and Pink Doll) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Blue and Pink Doll)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Blue yarn doll with bright pink cloth bottoms and a pink bonnet with dark gray hair coming out at the top, above two button eyes.

Details

Title

Untitled (Blue and Pink Doll)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Cloth, yarn, fiber stuffing, acrylic wig, and buttons

Dimensions

21 x 8 x 8 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.243

Location

Currently not on view

Rowe’s earlier memories of making art included the dolls she created for the amusement of herself and her siblings. This doll is atypical, standing apart from the others seen later in the show, because of how she crocheted its body. The indigo-blue yarn and magenta fabric she chose for it matches the vibrant color schemes she favored in her later drawing.

Image Copyright

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

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