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Untitled (Woman Talking)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Side profile of figure with yellow skin, bright blue hair with a black and purple clip, a striped red, black and white top, and parted red lips, as if talking.

Details

Title

Untitled (Woman Talking)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1978

Medium

Crayon, pen, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm) Framed/Mounted: 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (43.8 cm x 54 cm x 3.2 cm)

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.193

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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