Poverty Toy Chest

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Title: Poverty Toy Chest
Date: 1969
Creator: Arthur L. Britt Sr., 1923- See all items with this value
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Dr. Arthur L. Britt was an artist and educator from Cuthbert, GA. Poverty Toy Chest is an installation that displays items impoverished children use for recreational play. It shows the disparity and ingenuity of people with little resources.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Economics See all items with this value; Rural Life See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Economic conditions; Social life and customs; American South; Black art; BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Mixed media
Medium: Assemblage
Measurements: 52 x 48in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 1969.007
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.288
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals See all items with this value
Language: English

Item sets: Art; Georgia Artists in the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Abstractions from the Atlanta University Annuals Collection; Clark Atlanta University Collections