Trudell Mimms Obey Self-portrait

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Original Title: Self-portrait
Devised Title: Trudell Mimms Obey Self-portrait
Date: Unknown
Creator: Trudell Mimms Obey See all items with this value
Description: Obey’s print is a self-portrait. Under the direction of Dr. Biggers and Professor Simms, students would paint and draw self-portraits and sometimes sculpt self-portraits of their busts. This print depicts Obey in her bra; she also painted a self-portrait in a similar style. Biggers once referred to Obey as "one of our finest painters.”
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; Clothing and dress See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Fashion; Womanism
Type: Print
Medium: ink on paper
Additional Techniques: print relief
Measurements: 29 in x 23 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc198
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0107
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

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections