Big Cat

Nellie Mae Rowe, Big Cat, ca. 1980, ballpoint and felt tip pen on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, 2021.29.3
Nellie Mae Rowe, Big Cat, ca. 1980, ballpoint and felt tip pen on paper, sheet and image: 20 1⁄2 in. × 30 in. (52.1 × 76.2 cm) frame: 27 1⁄2 × 37 1⁄4 in. (69.9 × 94.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, 2021.29.3

Artwork Details

Title
Big Cat
Artist
Date
ca. 1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 20 1⁄2 in. × 30 in. (52.1 × 76.2 cm) frame: 27 1⁄2 × 37 1⁄4 in. (69.9 × 94.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative
Mediums
Mediums Description
ballpoint and felt tip pen on paper
Subjects
  • Figure female
  • Animal — cat
Object Number
2021.29.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2021.29.3

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Ivan Albright, Into the Morning Sleeping, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Gertrude Abercrombie Trust, 1978.146.4
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Ivan Albright, Self-Portrait--55 East Division Street, 1948, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.64.1
Self-Portrait – 55 East Division Street
Artist
Date1948
lithograph on paper
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Ivan Albright, Maine Coast, n.d., gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Estate of the Honorable Jack Faxon, 2021.39.1
Maine Coast
Artist
Daten.d.
gouache on paper
Not on view
Ivan Albright, The Farmer's Kitchen, ca. 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.74
The Farmer’s Kitchen
Artist
Dateca. 1934
oil on canvas
Not on view

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