Self-Portrait

Nellie Mae Rowe, Self-Portrait, 1981, crayon and paint on cardboard with artist-made frame, 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, 2021.29.8
Nellie Mae Rowe, Self-Portrait, 1981, crayon and paint on cardboard with artist-made frame, sheet and image: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 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, 2021.29.8

Artwork Details

Title
Self-Portrait
Artist
Date
1981
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 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
crayon and paint on cardboard with artist-made frame
Subjects
  • African American
Object Number
2021.29.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2021.29.8

Works by this artist (14 items)

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Nellie Mae Rowe, Shopping in Vinings, Georgia, 1981, watercolor, crayon, and graphite on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Josh Feldstein, 2019.53.2
Shopping in Vinings, Georgia
Artist
Date1981
watercolor, crayon, and graphite on paper
Not on view
Nellie Mae Rowe, Untitled (Landscape with Black Girl), ca. 1980, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.131
Untitled (Landscape with Black Girl)
Artist
Dateca. 1980
crayon on paper
Not on view
Nellie Mae Rowe, What Price Watermellon?, 1981, pencil, ink and crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1982.114.4
What Price Watermellon?
Artist
Date1981
pencil, ink and crayon on paper
Not on view
Nellie Mae Rowe, My Trip to New York, 1979, crayon and ballpoint pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1981.136.7
My Trip to New York
Artist
Date1979
crayon and ballpoint pen and ink on paper
Not on view

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Garden with a Swing, Davis, California
Artist
Date1957
paint, pencil, and crayon
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