Untitled (Peace)
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Untitled (Peace)
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Nellie Mae Rowe
American, 1900–1982
American, 1900–1982
Date
1978–1982
Medium
Crayon and pen on paper
Accession #
2003.219
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Out on Loan
Description
For Nellie Mae Rowe, drawing was a form of worship. She said, “I try to draw because [God] is wonderful to me. I just have to keep drawing until he says, ‘Well done, Nellie, you have been faithful.’ Then I will know that I have finished my work.” In Untitled (Peace), Rowe represented her own industrious hands, which seem to invoke a benediction for the blue animal just beyond.
Credit
Gift of Judith AlexanderImage Copyright
© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe/High Museum of Art, Atlanta.