Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms

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Devised Title: Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
Date: 1972
Creator: Harry Vital See all items with this value
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

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