Elders and Mothers

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0245.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Elders and Mothers
Date: c. 1970
Creator: Earl Cleinmann See all items with this value
Description: Cleinmann’s mural displays multiple generations of Black women, a manifestation of Biggers’ teachings about their importance. The mural is one of the few unfinished murals in Hannah Hall. Typically, unfinished murals were painted over. The mural was recently restored by conservators.
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; Family See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Astronomy; Black art; Fashion; Motherhood; Womanism
Current Location: 3rd Floor, South Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 72 in x 145 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 35
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0245
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: Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value

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