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Untitled (Older Woman in Chair)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Side profile drawing of figure with larger top-half colored in blue pencil, with bouffant, curly hair and hand on hip-area.

Details

Title

Untitled (Older Woman in Chair)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon and pencil on ledger paper

Dimensions

14 x 9 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.237

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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