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Untitled (Orange Hand with Face)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Crayon drawing of an orange wrist and hand with pink fingernails outlined in black marker, surrounded by swirling and waved green and purple lines.

Details

Title

Untitled (Orange Hand with Face)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon and marker on ledger paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 14 x 9 inches (35.6 cm x 22.9 cm) Framed/Mounted: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (54 cm x 43.8 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.201

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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