Birds and Cattle

TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0079/DSC_4758-2.jpg

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Original Title: Birds and Cattle
Date: 1973
Creator: Harry Vital See all items with this value
Description: This abstract work features three distorted cows’ faces that seem to be staring upwards and at the viewer, against a colorful triangular background. Vital was an art student at Texas Southern and later went on to become a faculty member in the art department. Many works in the school’s collection, particularly from the 1970s, use cubist styles.
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; Rural Life See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Domestic animals; Educators; Faculty; Nature
Type: Painting
Medium: oil paint on canvas
Measurements: 60 in x 84 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc173
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0079
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
References: "All about cubism." Tate Gallery. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/cubism/all-about-cubism.

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