• In the Studio: Betye Saar 1

    Image Credit: Evan Strang

    View of Betye Saar’s studio, 2019. Photo Evan Strang.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 2

    ARTIST: Saar, Betye NATIONALITY: United States DATE_OF_WORK: 1972 MATERIALS: mixed media DIMENSIONS: 11-3/4 x 8 x 2-3/4 CREDIT_LINE: Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (selected by The Committee for the Acquisition of Afro-American Art).
    Image Credit: Saar, Betye

    Betye Saar: The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972, mixed mediums, 11¾ by 8 by 2¾ inches. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Courtesy Roberts Projects, Los Angeles.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 3

    Image Credit: Evan Strang

    View of Betye Saar’s studio, 2019. Photo Evan Strang.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 4

    Image Credit: photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

    Sketchbook, 2001, ink on paper, 3 1/2 by 5 5/8 inches.

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    Betye Saar Uneasy Dancer

    View of the exhibition “Betye Saar: Uneasy Dancer,” 2016–17, at the Prada Foundation, Milan. Photo Roberto Marossi.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 7

    Image Credit: Roberto Marossi

    View of Betye Saar’s installation The Alpha and the Omega, 2013–16, at the Prada Foundation, Milan. Photo Roberto Marossi.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 5

    Image Credit: Evan Strang

    View of Betye Saar’s studio, 2019. Photo Evan Strang.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 8

    Saar, Betye
    Image Credit: Robert Gerhardt

    Betye Saar: Black Girl’s Window, 1969, wooden window frame with paint, cut-and-pasted printed and painted papers, daguerreotype, lenticular print, and plastic figurine, 35 3/4 by 18 by 1½ inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

  • In the Studio: Betye Saar 9

    Betye Saar: Lost Dimensions of Time, 1988, mixed mediums, 14¼ by 7½ by 1 inches. Courtesy Roberts Projects, Los Angeles.

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