Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
- Original Title
- title unknown
- Devised Title
- Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
- Date
- 1972
- Creator
- Harry Vital
- Description
- Vital's maquette appears to portray an intersex human-chicken hybrid, which displays both male and female sex organs. The artist adorned the sculpture with swirl embellishments, a common motif in TSU terracottas. Vital would go on to make a full-scale version of this sculpture.
- 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
- Domestic animals
- LGBTQ
- Nature
- Sculpture
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Measurements
- 4 in x 8 in x 6 in
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- tc114
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.TSU.0058
- Contributing Institution
- Texas Southern University
- Item sets
- TSU Sculptures
Part of Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms