Portrait of Student

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Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Portrait of Student
Date: 1969
Creator: Elton Fax See all items with this value
Description: Fax’s painting is a portrait of a young man sitting with his hands in his lap. Yearbook photos suggest the subject may be George Latson, who was an art student at TSU at this time. During his career, Fax taught and held residencies at a variety of institutions, including Texas Southern University. He became internationally acclaimed for his work as a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU institutional history See all items with this value; Education See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Educators; Faculty
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: 36 1/2 in x 20 3/4 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc230
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0139
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: "Elton Fax Collection." Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections Research Center. https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/f/fax_e.htm.

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection