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Untitled (Brown Dog on the Road, Vinings, GA)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A brown doglike figure walks up a terra-cotta-colored road; in the background is a house with several figures in and around it.

Details

Title

Untitled (Brown Dog on the Road, Vinings, GA)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1981

Medium

Crayon and colored pencil on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 25 x 30 3/4 x 1/2 inches (63.5 cm x 78.1 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 #

2003.145

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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