Untitled (Woman with Tree) - High Museum of Art

Untitled (Woman with Tree)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

Standing female figure with orange skin, face turned to the right, and crosshatched dress and hat in red, graphite, and white; two trees in squiggled blue lines behind her.

Details

Title

Untitled (Woman with Tree)

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 Andy Nasisse for the Nasisse Collection

Accession #

1993.54

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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