Untitled (The Hand) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (The Hand)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A red and blue rooster eats from a plant tended to by a humanlike figure wearing a purple dress and red boots. Above, a plant hangs from a branch that extends from the arm of a Black human-tree hybrid. Other plants and figures fill the space.

Details

Title

Untitled (The Hand)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1978–1982

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

18 x 24 inches

Credit

Gift of Harvie and Charles Abney

Accession #

2021.37

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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