John Biggers, Alvia J. Wardlaw, and Roy DeCarava

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

John Biggers, Alvia J. Wardlaw, and Roy DeCarava

Date

1998-09-06

Creator

Unknown See all items with this value

Contributor

Alvia J. Wardlaw

Description

This photograph shows, from left to right, Dr. John T. Biggers, Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw, and Roy DeCarava. Wardlaw, the founder of the University Museum at Texas Southern, previously served as a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where in 1975 she organized the first retrospective of DeCarava’s photographs. Biggers and DeCarava were mutual admirers; DeCarava appreciated Biggers’ sense of African history, and Biggers praised DeCarava’s attention to the common man.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

HBCU leadership See all items with this value

Education See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Educators

Faculty

Photography

Location

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Type

Photograph

Medium

Color Photograph

Measurements

4 in x 6 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

e.22

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0196

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

References

"Roy DeCarava." Museum of Modern Art. https://www.moma.org/artists/1422-roy-decarava.

"DeCarava, Roy. Roy DeCarava: Photographs. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 12 - October 26, 1975." Gary Saretzky Photo Books. store.saretzky.com/products/54a-2?srsltid=AfmBOorNiI6wJSiNyvZhSy8AM9hxkda5jZhdof_mpo8wDv0e3Nq9DJxH.