TSU Permanent Collection

Items

• 
  [unknown]

  Railroad and landscape scene with six figures set apart in three groups creating a triangular shape. Woman holding bucket, pair in center looking onward and three figures on right side tilling the land. Warm tones, brown and green
• 
  [unknown]

  Portrait of a smiling Black woman with closed eyes and large gold earrings, head wrap pattern extends beyond the head, filling the background of the painting. Blue and gold tones
• 
  [unknown]

  Prince portrait in screen print style, heavy use of gold textured paint, same style as #34
• 
  [unknown]

  Muhammad Ali portrait in screen print style, heavy use of gold textured paint.
• 
  [unknown]

  Abstract shapes painted with cool blue tones
• 
  [unknown]

  Base of a tree, with coiling vines on left and small plants on right. Warm brown and green tones
• 
  Landscape

  Three figures (two with one eye each and one faceless) foreground a landscape scene. Use of earth tones, red, brown, green, and blue
• 
  Bolivar Point

  Two women appear to be fleeing with children in their arms, standing over the roots of a tree. Below, there is a damaged boat and heavy tides. To the right, a man extends his arm. Cool tones, blue and green. Heavily damaged - punctured rip in canvas
• 
  [unknown]

  Geometric, tall grass with five small cacti on ground, use of cool green tones.
• 
  unknown

  Three bare trees surrounded by textured, red ground - clouded scene in background. Blue and red tones - light scratch in paint
• 
  The Great Race

  Young boy sitting on grass with Black angel extending hands in the sky, another child running in the field at a distance. To the left a bird sits calmly. Cool blue tones.
• 
  [unknown]

  Group of three figures fishing in water with bucket on side. Cool tones of blue throughout the painting. Slight damage to painting
• 
  Metamorphosis

  Two figures side by side looking upward into the sky, greyscale with cross-hatching
• 
  [unknown]

  Geometric styled landscape scenery of grass, mushrooms and two broken trees. Cool tones blue and green. mushrooms, tree stump, cool tones
• 
  Suffer The Little Children

  Malnourished young boys on a checkered floor with a baby chick hatched out of a broken egg shell, surrounded by a fluid white shape in a space scene. Left-most figure looks intently at the viewer, uses greyscale and crosshatching.
• 
  [unknown]

  Photograph of Dr. John Biggers seated on a bench with traditional carvings in his lap and a doll sitting on grass.
• 
  [unknown]

  Photograph of Dr. John Biggers sitting with four young Black boys on a concrete stairway in front of home.
• 
  [unknown]

  Woven structure, etched with turtles traditional patterns topped with carved-like figurines catering to larger figure in the middle.
• 
  [unknown]

  Two police grabbing a Black man, in background bystanders viewing the altercation. Cool colors, heavy use of blue tones.
• 
  [unknown]

  Large, abstract hands emerging out of water, holding an open winged bird, shining sun above.
• 
  [unknown]

  Portrait of young man, pastel colors green, blue and purple.
• 
  Malindy

  Woman holding a bucket in a field of flowers, dog walking alongside, bright sunny scenery. Vibrant and rich colors.
• 
  [unknown]

  Latina woman standing with hands over chest, wrapped in traditional clothing, braided long hair. Cool tones purple and blue skyline, no damage
• 
  [unknown]

  Two working men in hats, standing on beams, putting together some sort of wiring or cabling
• 
  Stadium

  Baseball player wearing Giants uniform (perhaps Willie Mays) and catcher pictured after hitting a ball, colorful scene with large crowd and stadium in background