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Untitled (Rear View of Figure with Cone Hat)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Rear view of a seated figure wearing a pink, cone shaped hat with yellow tip; a light-yellow vase is next to figure with neon yellow and pink feathery lines.

Details

Title

Untitled (Rear View of Figure with Cone Hat)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1968–1982

Medium

Colored pencil and pencil on paper

Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.302

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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