Nuclear Fallout

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0243.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Nuclear Fallout
Date: c. 1973
Creator: Michael Sanders See all items with this value
Description: The red and orange-hued apocalyptic scene shows the moments after an explosion. In the middle, a dying woman’s soul leaves her body. The mural appears to have been left unfinished, as the baby, one hand, and parts of the foreground and background are not painted in.
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; Violence See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Death; Motherhood; Nature; Unfinished works of art; Weapons
Current Location: 1st Floor, South Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 71 in x 138 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 115
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0243
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; Hannah Hall Murals Collection; Texas Southern University Collections