Untitled (Woman in Purple) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Woman in Purple)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Standing figure in a purple dress with pants and blue cropped jacket, with bright yellow skin, and black hair on vertically lined paper.

Details

Title

Untitled (Woman in Purple)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon and pencil on ledger paper

Dimensions

14 x 9 inches; Framed with 81

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.307

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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