Yams

Original Title

Yams

Date

1975

Creator

Charles Criner See all items with this value

Description

Criner's print uses forced perspective to depict a field of oversized yams and a mother picking from the land, with her children alongside. The son and daughter each hold baskets, presumably full of freshly harvested yams. Yams are a staple crop in West African culture and cuisine. In the African diaspora, sweet potatoes sometimes take yams’ place.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Food See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Agriculture See all items with this value

Additional Subject

African diaspora

Black art

Crops

Domestic labor

Nature

Plants

Type

Print

Medium

ink on paper

Additional Techniques

lithography

Measurements

21 1/2 in x 39 5/8 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc192

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0101

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