Untitled (Female Figure with Haint) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Female Figure with Haint)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Drawing of a yellow figure wearing a white, blue, and black striped dress and bright blue, furry headpiece; to the left is caterpillar-life ghost figure, the same height.

Details

Title

Untitled (Female Figure with Haint)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon, marker, pencil, and pen on ledger paper

Dimensions

Support/Overall: 14 x 9 inches (35.6 cm x 22.9 cm) Framed/Mounted: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (54 cm x 43.8 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

1998.96

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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