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Untitled (Yellow Hand with Pink Fingernails)

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Details

Title

Untitled (Yellow Hand with Pink Fingernails)

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

before 1978

Medium

Crayon and pencil on workbook paper

Dimensions

11 x 7 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.204

Location

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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