Earl Jones, Jr. Self-portrait

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0011/DSC_2455-2.jpg; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0011/DSC_2455.jpg

Original Title: Self-portrait
Devised Title: Earl Jones, Jr. Self-portrait
Date: c. 1975
Creator: Earl Jones, Jr. See all items with this value
Description: This painting is an Afrocentric self-portrait of Earl Jones, who attended Texas Southern University in the mid-1970s. Jones painted himself wearing a detailed shirt with various patterns reminiscent of African textiles. The background includes round homes with conical roofs. The buttons of Jones' shirt are in the form of humans and the shirt bears the design of a plowed field.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; Clothing and dress See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Black art; Fashion
Type: Painting
Medium: paint on canvas
Measurements: 25 in x 22 3/8 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc6
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0011
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; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection