Self Portrait Bust with Child

Self-portrait, 1971 - Elizabeth M. Shelton by University Museum at Texas Southern on Sketchfab

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Original Title: Self-portrait
Devised Title: Self Portrait Bust with Child
Date: 1971
Creator: Elizabeth Montgomery Shelton See all items with this value
Description: 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.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; HBCU institutional history See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Black art; Motherhood; Sculpture
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Terracotta
Measurements: 16 in x 29 in x 15 in
Format: OBJ
HBCU Identifier: tc38
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0263
Rights: 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.
Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value
References: "Elizabeth Montgomery Shelton." Foltz Fine Art. https://foltzgallery.com/artist/elizabeth-montgomery-shelton.

Item sets: Art; TSU Student Terracottas Collection; Texas Southern University Collections