Untitled (Red Bird in Tree) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Red Bird in Tree)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

A disproportionately large red bird eats from a gray tree against a yellow background; a small house and two animals are positioned on either side of the tree.

Details

Title

Untitled (Red Bird in Tree)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1980

Medium

Crayon, pen, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

19 x 24 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.172

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

More from this Artist

A cloth doll with green skin and shoulder-length brown hair wearing glasses, an orange shirt, and a watch sits in a wooden rocking chair.

Untitled (Self-Portrait as a Little Girl Doll)

Nellie Mae Rowe

Blue yarn doll with bright pink cloth bottoms and a pink bonnet with dark gray hair coming out at the top, above two button eyes.

Untitled (Blue and Pink Doll)

Nellie Mae Rowe

Crayon drawing of blue, poodle-like dog with red and white collar sitting atop a red, white, and black area of geometric shapes.

Untitled (Blue Dog with Red Collar)

Nellie Mae Rowe

A woman wearing a green dress rides a multicolored chicken as it eats from a tree; pigs, cats, dogs, and other creatures, as well as a small house, frame the scene on a black, magenta, and cerulean background.

Untitled (Nellie Riding Chicken)

Nellie Mae Rowe

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

Untitled (Orange Hand with Face)

Nellie Mae Rowe

Standing female figure with orange skin, face turned to the right, and crosshatched dress and hat in red, graphite, and white; two trees in squiggled blue lines behind her.

Untitled (Woman with Tree)

Nellie Mae Rowe

Lady, Bird and Dog

Lady, Bird and Dog

Nellie Mae Rowe

A crayon-drawn woman wearing an orange and red dress is surrounded by several creatures and a brown child, all against a cerulean, orange, and magenta background.

Untitled (Woman in Orange and Red)

Nellie Mae Rowe

A large orange doglike creature sits among several dark brown and black trees against a murky yellow and brown background.

Untitled (Sad Dog)

Nellie Mae Rowe