DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Purple Cat
NameDrawing
Maker
Nellie Mae Rowe
(1900 - 1982)
CultureAfrican American
Date1980
Place madeVinings (Atlanta), Georgia, United States, North America
MediumInk, crayon, watercolor, graphite on paper
Dimensions18 1/8 × 24 in. (46 × 61 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the International Folk Art Foundation, A.1981.24.1
Object numberA.1981.24.1
DescriptionPurple Cat. Multicolor. Central figure of cat staring at male figure. Bird, cats, large exotic floral almost all over. Signed. Unframed.
ca. 1950
