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Untitled (Joe and His Pigs)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Details

Title

Untitled (Joe and His Pigs)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1978–1982

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Support/Overall: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (50.5 cm x 40.3 cm) Framed/Mounted: 31 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (79.4 cm x 69.2 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

T. Marshall Hahn Collection

Accession #

1996.28

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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