John Biggers on TSU's Campus

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

John Biggers on TSU's Campus

Date

1980

Creator

Earlie Hudnall, Jr. See all items with this value

Description

This photograph by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. shows John Biggers seated on a bench near Texas Southern's Fairchild Building. He holds a mother & child sculpture in his left hand and an Aunt Dicy sculpture in his right. A mammy doll is seen to his left on the ground. In 1955, Biggers illustrated J. Mason Brewer's version of the African-American folktale, Aunt Dicy Tales: Snuff-Dipping Tales of the Texas Negro.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

HBCU leadership See all items with this value

HBCU institutional history See all items with this value

Education See all items with this value

Additional Subject

African diaspora

Afrocentrism

Black art

Educators

Faculty

Sculpture

Location

Houston

Texas

United States

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print of black-and-white photograph

Measurements

20 1/2 in x 16 1/4 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc22

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0020

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

"Lot 136." Swann Auction Galleries. https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/art-biggers-john-brewer-john-mason-aunt-dicy-tale_25F4DFF931