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Untitled (Yellow Girl)

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A nude, yellow-skinned woman with long brown hair kneels on a purple rug; she is surrounded by an ornate background with orange and blue scalloping details and a blue four-legged creature.

Details

Title

Untitled (Yellow Girl)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1981

Medium

Marker and crayon on paper

Dimensions

15 x 20 inches

Credit

Gift of Harvie and Charles Abney

Accession #

2021.39

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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