Untitled (Winged Nellie and Joe Looking into Heaven) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Winged Nellie and Joe Looking into Heaven)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Details

Title

Untitled (Winged Nellie and Joe Looking into Heaven)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1982

Medium

Crayon, pen, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 25 x 31 x 1 5/8 inches (63.5 cm x 78.7 cm x 4.1 cm) Framed/Mounted: 29 1/4 x 35 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (74.3 cm x 89.5 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.157

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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