Great Mother Figure Maquette

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Original Title: Great Mother Figure
Devised Title: Great Mother Figure Maquette
Date: Unknown
Creator: Cecil Taylor See all items with this value
Description: Taylor's maquette shows a mother tightly embracing one or two children. The theme of the mother and child was a recurring motif amongst the students of Professor Carroll Harris Simms, the ceramics instructor at TSU. Simms worked alongside Dr. Biggers to build TSU's art program.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Family See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Motherhood; Sculpture; Black art
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Terracotta
Measurements: 4 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 5/8 in
Format: JPEG; OBJ
HBCU Identifier: tc97
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0002
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; TSU Student Terracottas Collection; Texas Southern University Collections