Mother and Children Maquette Created by a TSU Student for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms

Item

Original Title
Great Mother Figure
Devised Title
Mother and Children Maquette Created by a TSU Student for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
Date
unknown
Creator
Cecil Taylor
Description
This maquette, created by an unknown Texas Southern University art student, shows a mother tightly embracing one or two children. The theme of the mother and child was a recurring one amongst the students of Professor Carroll Harris Simms, the ceramics instructor at TSU.
Primary Subject
1900-1999
Family
Art
HBCU student work
Additional Subject
Afrocentrism
Motherhood
Sculpture
Black art
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Terracotta
Measurements
4 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 5/8 in
Format
JPEG
HBCU Identifier
tc97
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.TSU.0002
Contributing Institution
Texas Southern University
Item sets
TSU Sculptures