TSU Permanent Collection 2D Items

Item set

Title
TSU Permanent Collection 2D Items
Description
2D items within the permanent art collection of Texas Southern University, includes student work and Hannah Hall murals
Creator
Various TSU student and professors, as well as outside artists
Date Created
1950 - present

Items

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  • Mammy
    woman sitting on rocking chair with pipe in mouth, paper pinned to right wall - black and white version of #57?
  • Crime Scene
    silhouette style figures, one with knife and severed head in hand, the other in background, hand positioned at back left in scene - perspective painting, warm purple and green
  • Animal Hybrid 2
    bear with moose antlers in a forest - natural tones used
  • [unknown]
    woman wearing earring and necklace, natural hair represented by circular, dark, patterned pieces of paper - warm gold,purple and brown tones
  • No Fear
    Black woman wearing headwrap with earring and necklace, quote from Nina Simone in background “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me, no fear” - Warm purple, brown and gold tones
  • Oracles of Dimensions
    digital print of two separate scenes; upright side: bat/vampire boy in front of castle, upside down side: boy in robe in front of building
  • [unknown]
    giant man lifting ground with head, skeletons, horse, woman’s face to left, white flag raised, skyline and landscape - warm tones: green, and brown
  • [unknown]
    abstract work with tie-dye style, pink, purple, and gold tones
  • [unknown]
    abstract work with colorful tones
  • [unknown]
    portrait of an elderly Black woman in a green outfit, with a white headwrap and a corncob pipe - color version of #67?
  • [unknown]
    fruit and vegetable arrangement with white/grey mosaic background
  • [unknown]
    greyscale side profile of a Black person with short hair
  • [unknown]
    portrait of Professor Simms wearing a green shirt in front of a dark background
  • Dr. Biggers - Just-In-Time (Justice)
    portrait of Dr. Biggers surrounded by motifs, sankofa bird, rabbits, turtle, women dressed in traditional African wear dancing, patterns in background - warm tones
  • [unknown]
    center of tree with a hollow and short, broken limbs - warm tones, yellow and brown
  • [unknown]
    (possible print) woman breastfeeding child in hand with elongated limbs, eagle sitting in background on top of American flag (possibly covering a casket), black and white
  • [unknown]
    item gifted by “The Art Guys” Jack Massing and Michael Galbreth to Texas Southern University - etching plates, color samples for [Pre Rome]
  • [unknown]
    Four figures drawn in style of traditional African wooden carving. Mother and children holding hands and on her back, floating along lilly pads. Comet at top left, fish in foreground. Brown, green, and dark tones
  • [unknown]
    Three women featured in the background with tribal patterns on clothing. In the foreground there is a shell, flower, and beaded items. Warm tones red, brown and green.
  • Man in Cowboy Hat
    Landscape scene with man in cowboy hat, shirtless and looking left, horses in background. Natural and calming tones, purple, brown, green and red.
  • unknown
    Stokley Carmichael portrait, protest scene, multiple hands extended upward, in background very faint wings and halo, greyscale
  • [unknown]
    Man on the right is shown with blood dripping from forehead and neck (Black Jesus?), to left a group of men, women and children looking at the bloodied man distraught, confused, or with worry. Night scene with street light casting off shadow. Mixture of colors, warm toned
  • Self-Portrait
    Portrait of the artist in three positions, one facing towards the viewer, the left holding face in palms and the right closed eyes with hands extending outward. Children jumping surrounded by wispy white fluid/movement
  • [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