Untitled (Gray Tree) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Gray Tree)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Drawing of gray, V-shaped tree with dark red area that various black and white creatures sit on; four birds—red, magenta, gray, cerulean—fly around tree.

Details

Title

Untitled (Gray Tree)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1981

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

12 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches

Credit

Gift of Harvie and Charles Abne

Accession #

2021.36

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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