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Untitled (Flowering Plant in Urn)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Drawing with green border and large colored pot with white, red, purple, and green that has brown stems sprouting out in curled P-shapes into red and green bulbs.

Details

Title

Untitled (Flowering Plant in Urn)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon and colored pencil on cardboard

Dimensions

12 x 8 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.183

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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