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Title
Elliott Pinkney mural: ignorance and poverty
Creator
Ford, Willie
Date Created and/or Issued
1970-1976
Publication Information
California State University, Los Angeles
Contributing Institution
California State University, Los Angeles
Collection
Compton Communicative Arts Academy Collection
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Ford, Willie
Consult owning institution
1970-1976
Description
Mural with a central figure of a large bald African American man holding a eye in his right outstretched hand and a flame in his left hand; a three-headed snake with the words ""ignorance"" and ""poverty"" written on two of the heads; two smaller figures struggle with the snake's body, one with a spear
Type
image
Format
1 120 mm negative
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3779r020
cls_100
4-610-5
Language
English
Subject
African Americans
Art
Murals
Men
Snakes
Compton Communicative Arts Academy
Pinkney, Elliott
Place
Compton (Calif.)

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