Untitled (I Am on the Wrong Road) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (I Am on the Wrong Road)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A large brown bearlike creature climbs a diagonal line; below the line are two animals and a human walking off the page.

Details

Title

Untitled (I Am on the Wrong Road)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1982

Medium

Crayon and pen on paper

Dimensions

12 x 17 3/4 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.153

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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