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Untitled (Orange Tree)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Depiction of a thick, red-orange trunk with three large leaves of the same color and two partial and uncolored leaves; a wavy graphite background and small red sun at midline.

Details

Title

Untitled (Orange Tree)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon, pen, and pencil on folder divider

Dimensions

20 x 15 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.164

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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