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 (1 item)

Christine Sun Kim, One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018, seven tracks, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.79.1, © 2018 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
One Week of Lullabies for Roux
Date2018
seven tracks, sound
Not on view

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