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 12 in. × 30 in. (52.1 × 76.2 cm) frame: 27 12 × 37 14 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
Date
ca. 1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 20 12 in. × 30 in. (52.1 × 76.2 cm) frame: 27 12 × 37 14 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

Works by this artist (162 items)

Chiura Obata, El Capitán, 1931, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.24, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
El Capitán
Date1931
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase), ca.1930s, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.74
Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase)
Dateca.1930s
ink on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Landslide, 1941, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.2
Landslide
Date1941
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Topaz, ca. 1942, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.5
Topaz
Dateca. 1942
pencil on paper
Not on view

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