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
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

Works by this artist (65 items)

William Henry Holmes, On the Sunset Hill, 1926, 1926, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Anna Bartsch Dunne, 1962.4.19
On the Sunset Hill, 1926
Date1926
watercolor
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William Henry Holmes, Blossoms, 1927, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Anna Bartsch Dunne, 1962.4.18
Blossoms
Date1927
watercolor
Not on view

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