Chatting on the Street

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Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Chatting on the Street
Date: 1974
Creator: H. Hals See all items with this value
Description: Hals’ drawing shows two women chatting on the street. Their environment, filled with shotgun homes and tall grass, resembles Houston’s Third Ward, the historically Black neighborhood that Texas Southern University calls home. TSU art students, at Dr. Biggers’ instruction, often looked to their surroundings for inspiration.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Urban life See all items with this value
Additional Subject: American South; Architecture; Black art; Economic conditions; Garden structures; Plants
Type: Print
Medium: ink and pen on paper
Measurements: 14 in x 20 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc249
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0193
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

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