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Untitled (Woman in Chair)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

A grayish woman with black hair and outlining sits disjointedly in a blue rocking chair; scalloped red and blue border

Details

Title

Untitled (Woman in Chair)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1968–1982

Medium

Crayon and pencil on paper

Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.182

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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