Untitled (Woman with Black Hair)1978Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 " (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Frame: 13 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 3/4 " (33.3 x 27 x 1.9 cm)Crayon, pen, pencil on paperGift of Estelle Friedman1985.10.40(including construction) Full sized head of woman presenting left profile; highly stylized black hair with curls on right side and deep sideburns. Large button earring in middle of hair, pendant earring below sideburn. Woman has heavy brow with trailing end and eye ringed in lashes in front perspective. Abstracted and angular profile with jutting nose and upper lip, red lipstick and five teeth. Wearing crew-neck top with button front, blue with red dots. Against pale blue background with looped border in darker blue, three sides. Frame: Mounted on black paper behind black mat. In contemporary gold tone metal frame, under plexiglass and backed with cardboard.152487392Nellie Mae RoweDrawings© Estate of Nellie Mae Rowe / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New Yorkin pen lower left: '1978'in pen lower left: 'Nellie Mae Rowe'ViningsViningsUnited StatesGeorgiaWorks on PaperViningsdrawingObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org19781978 1985 10 4 drawingObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org