Family Scene

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0277.jpg

Original Title: Family Scene
Date: 1978
Creator: Jesse Sifuentes See all items with this value
Description: Sifuentes shows multiple generations of a family, painted in a geometric style. Sifuentes borrows visual symbols from his teacher, Dr. Biggers, including the tortoise (longevity) and the serpent (danger and rebirth). Guardian ancestors are represented by figures with angel wings.
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: Chicano art; Memory; Mexican American art; Nature; Plants; Wildlife
Current Location: 1st Floor, Elevator Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University
Location: Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Murals
Medium: acrylic
Additional Techniques: Mural painting
Measurements: 106 in x 270 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: 101
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0277
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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