Untitled (Smiling Woman) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Smiling Woman)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Smiling woman with bright, orange-yellow skin, and features outlined in green and black against a pastel blue crayon background; white etching for curly hair and branch-like background marks.

Details

Title

Untitled (Smiling Woman)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon and pencil on Sara Lee poundcake lid

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.160

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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