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Original Title
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Self-portrait
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Devised Title
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Self Portrait Bust with Child
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Date
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1971
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Description
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Elizabeth Montgomery Shelton’s “Self-portrait” is a bust of the artist herself, carrying her child on her back. Embellishments, including spirals, adorn her head in a faithful execution of Professor Carroll Harris Simms’ instruction. The artist had previously created a different self-portrait sculpture and was encouraged to create this piece by Biggers and Simms after the birth of her child.
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Additional Subject
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Afrocentrism
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Black art
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Motherhood
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Sculpture
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Type
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Sculpture
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Medium
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Terracotta
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Measurements
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16 in x 29 in x 15 in
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Format
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OBJ
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HBCU Identifier
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tc38
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.0263
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Rights
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All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.
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Contributing Institution
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Texas Southern University