Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

 

What it is


A woman sits in a large purple wicker chair facing profile with her arm raised, holding a bird. The floor is tiled red and blue. A blue leg floats behind the chair. “What it is” is written in blue crayon at the top.

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Object Details


Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe, American, 1900–1982

Date

1978–1982

Medium

Pencil and crayon on paper

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 14 1/2 x 11 inches (36.8 cm x 27.9 cm) Framed/Mounted: 20 1/2 x 16 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (52.1 cm x 42.2 cm x 3.8 cm)

Credit

Gift of Harvie and Charles Abney

Accession #

2021.35

Image Copyright

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

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