Black &amp; Beautiful

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0072/DSC_4782-2.jpg; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0072/DSC_4782.jpg

Original Title: Black & Beautiful
Date: 1969
Creator: Oliver Parson See all items with this value
Description: This radiant work by Oliver Parson engulfs the viewer in the spiraling flow of a smiling woman's silky headwrap. The headwrap is a fashionable method of hair protection and expression of identity that is shared among women across the African diaspora.
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: African diaspora; Black art; Fashion
Type: Painting
Medium: paint on canvas
Measurements: 31 in x 49 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc36
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0072
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; HBCU Black Joy: Legacy of Black Joy; Texas Southern University Collections