Shrine Maquette

Shrine Maquette, c. 1970 - Harry Vital by University Museum at Texas Southern on Sketchfab

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Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Shrine Maquette
Date: c. 1970
Creator: Harry Vital See all items with this value
Description: Like his other sculptures, Vital's maquette highlights hybridism, animal forms, and sexuality. Overall, the sculpture's form resembles a person sitting on a throne. On both sides of the top, a reptile creature sits above the shape of an open eye or breast. Towards the bottom, a phallic form is decorated with swirls, while a single claw-like structure supports the sculpture. The sculpture makes use of negative space in multiple sections.
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; HBCU institutional history See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Black art; Sculpture; Wildlife; Educators; Faculty
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Terracotta
Measurements: 5 in x 13 in x 9 in
Format: JPEG; OBJ
HBCU Identifier: tc117
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0078
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; TSU Student Terracottas Collection; Texas Southern University Collections