When I Was a Little girl Looking for Santa Claus - High Museum of Art

When I Was a Little girl Looking for Santa Claus

Nellie Mae Rowe

American, 1900–1982

A girl with tightly curled hair faces a large brown baby while a red-suited man with gray hair stands behind them; text reads, “When I was a little girl looking for Santa Claus” and “This is Sandy.”

Details

Title

When I Was a Little girl Looking for Santa Claus

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900–1982)

Date

1982

Medium

Crayon, colored pencil, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

19 x 23 1/2 inches

Credit

Purchase with Folk Art Acquisition Fund

Accession #

2002.72

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

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

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