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Original Title
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title unknown
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Devised Title
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Mural Study for Family at Fireplace
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Date
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1983
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Description
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Word’s painting is a partial pre-study of his Hannah Hall mural. The painting, featuring a family in a small room with a fireplace, washboard, mounted gun, and radio, is done in a geometric style frequently seen in the art of Biggers’ students from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Word’s full mural design includes adjacent panels depicting a church, an abstract figure with a bubble-like head, and an homage to the Wizard of Oz.
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Additional Subject
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Architecture
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Black art
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Domestic labor
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Weapons
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Type
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Painting
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Medium
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acrylic on canvas
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Measurements
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24 3/4 in x 36 in
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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pc242
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.0186
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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