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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  • [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.
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    Photograph of Dr. John Biggers sitting with four young Black boys on a concrete stairway in front of home.
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    Woven structure, etched with turtles traditional patterns topped with carved-like figurines catering to larger figure in the middle.
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    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
  • [unknown]
    Outdoor worship scene, praising through dance and song, tambourines and colorful clothing pictured, takes place beneath a large tree
  • [unknown]
    Woman sitting with hands cuffing neck, head bent upwards. Blue and white coloring, yellowing of paper