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Betye Saar

Passé Blanc - African American Female Artist
Passé Blanc - African American Female Artist

Passé Blanc - African American Female Artist

By Betye Saar

Located in Miami, FL

Passé Blanc, 2002 Artwork is titled in Pencil Betye Saar Serigraph (Hand Printed Silkscreen) on rice paper 51" × 27" P.P.

Category

Early 2000s Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper

The Long Memory
The Long Memory

The Long Memory

By Betye Saar

Located in New York, NY

The Long Memory is an 18-color screenprint on paper by the artist Betye Saar The Long Memory 1998 Signed and numbered, recto 18-color screenprint on paper (Edition of 100) 14.5 x...

Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Screen

The Conscience of the Court, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
The Conscience of the Court, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

The Conscience of the Court, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

By Betye Saar

Located in Southampton, NY

The serigraphs were printed by Drexel Press. BETYE SAAR (1926) is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

The Bone of Contention, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
The Bone of Contention, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

The Bone of Contention, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

By Betye Saar

Located in Southampton, NY

The serigraphs were printed by Drexel Press. BETYE SAAR (1926) is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

High John De Conquer, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
High John De Conquer, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

High John De Conquer, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

By Betye Saar

Located in Southampton, NY

The serigraphs were printed by Drexel Press. BETYE SAAR (1926) is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Now You Cookin' with Gas, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
Now You Cookin' with Gas, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

Now You Cookin' with Gas, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

By Betye Saar

Located in Southampton, NY

The serigraphs were printed by Drexel Press. BETYE SAAR (1926) is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Mother Catherine, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
Mother Catherine, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

Mother Catherine, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

By Betye Saar

Located in Southampton, NY

The serigraphs were printed by Drexel Press. BETYE SAAR (1926) is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Magnolia Flower, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
Magnolia Flower, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

Magnolia Flower, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life

By Betye Saar

Located in Southampton, NY

The serigraphs were printed by Drexel Press. BETYE SAAR (1926) is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage.

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Postmodern Geometric Abstract Canvas by African American DC Artist Curtis Woody
Postmodern Geometric Abstract Canvas by African American DC Artist Curtis Woody

Postmodern Geometric Abstract Canvas by African American DC Artist Curtis Woody

Located in Peabody, MA

He is particularly known to collectors for his intricate collage works which, like those of Betye Saar, explore somber themes of the African American experience through the juxtaposi...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

'The Calendar Wheel' assemblage in drawer with spheres clock shells cards
'The Calendar Wheel' assemblage in drawer with spheres clock shells cards

'The Calendar Wheel' assemblage in drawer with spheres clock shells cards

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Berg here is following the tradition other artists who specialize in assemblage, including Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauchenberg, and Betye Saar, all artists who were working in the pos...

Category

1970s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Meaning Matter Memory Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection
Meaning Matter Memory Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection

Meaning Matter Memory Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection

Located in New York, NY

Hendricks, Arthur Jafa, Rashid Johnson, Simone Leigh, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu, Gordon Parks, Martin Puryear, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Augusta Savage, Tschabalala...

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Dogon Mask
Dogon Mask

Dogon Mask

Located in San Francisco, CA

Wilson and a 1976 four person exhibition at the University of Southern California with Alonzo Davis, Betye Saar and Stanley C. Wilson. Bustion taught at the Otis Institute, Los Angel...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Offset, Screen

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick

By Cheryl Warrick

Located in Surfside, FL

She has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Creating Vital Space 50 years of prints by Black Artists along with Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Betye Saar Charles white ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Drypoint Etching Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist
Abstract Drypoint Etching Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist

Abstract Drypoint Etching Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist

By Cheryl Warrick

Located in Surfside, FL

She has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Creating Vital Space 50 years of prints by Black Artists along with Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Betye Saar Charles white ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Great Women Sculptors
Great Women Sculptors

Great Women Sculptors

Located in New York, NY

.; Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce; Artis Lane; Greer Lankton; Liz Larner; Lee Bul; Marie-Louise Lefèvre-Deumier; Simone Leigh; Jac Leirner; Sherrie Levine; Hannah Levy; Edmonia Lewis;...

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

3D Metal Sculpture with Color Painting Rabbi Construction Mimi Gross
3D Metal Sculpture with Color Painting Rabbi Construction Mimi Gross

3D Metal Sculpture with Color Painting Rabbi Construction Mimi Gross

By Mimi Gross

Located in Surfside, FL

To be a Lady at Norte Maar, Brooklyn NY 2012-2013 Artists included: Alma Woodsey‏ Thomas, Betye Saar, Charmion von Wiegand, Jay DeFeo, Judy Pfaff, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson,...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
Faith Ringgold, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

Faith Ringgold, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, Police Brutality Viewed Thru Stained Glass, 2007
Faith Ringgold, Police Brutality Viewed Thru Stained Glass, 2007

Faith Ringgold, Police Brutality Viewed Thru Stained Glass, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, For Whites Only, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
Faith Ringgold, For Whites Only, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

Faith Ringgold, For Whites Only, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, The Right to Vote, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
Faith Ringgold, The Right to Vote, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

Faith Ringgold, The Right to Vote, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, 2007
Faith Ringgold, Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, 2007

Faith Ringgold, Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, Four Little Girls Bombed in a Church, 2007
Faith Ringgold, Four Little Girls Bombed in a Church, 2007

Faith Ringgold, Four Little Girls Bombed in a Church, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Faith Ringgold, A letter From Martin Luther King, 2007
Faith Ringgold, A letter From Martin Luther King, 2007

Faith Ringgold, A letter From Martin Luther King, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the ten most renowned African American artists—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Faith Ringgold, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Jac...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Large 3D Sculpture with Hand Painting Construction Mimi Gross Wood Assemblage
Large 3D Sculpture with Hand Painting Construction Mimi Gross Wood Assemblage

Large 3D Sculpture with Hand Painting Construction Mimi Gross Wood Assemblage

By Mimi Gross

Located in Surfside, FL

To be a Lady at Norte Maar, Brooklyn NY 2012-2013 Artists included: Alma Woodsey‏ Thomas, Betye Saar, Charmion von Wiegand, Jay DeFeo, Judy Pfaff, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson,...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Mixed Media

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L.A. - The Way We Were
L.A. - The Way We Were

Betye SaarL.A. - The Way We Were, 1980

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H 37.5 in W 32 in D 1 in

L.A. - The Way We Were

By Betye Saar

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Betye Saar's work is one of a portfolio of 17 prints commissioned of different artists by the city of Los Angeles to commemorate the city's bicentennial in 1981.

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Ulysses

Alison SaarUlysses, 1994

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H 51 in W 23 in

Ulysses

By Alison Saar

Located in New York, NY

Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist.

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Sweeping Beauty

Sweeping Beauty

By Alison Saar

Located in New York, NY

Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist.

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Abstract  falling leaves drawing
Abstract  falling leaves drawing

Abstract falling leaves drawing

By Anya Fisher

Located in Surfside, FL

After earning an MFA, she developed relationships with other artists like Betye Saar and Frederick Hammersley. She held an active exhibition schedule with solo exhibitions at the Pas...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick

By Cheryl Warrick

Located in Surfside, FL

She has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Creating Vital Space 50 years of prints by Black Artists along with Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Betye Saar Charles white ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

RESTING NUDE

RESTING NUDE

By Anya Fisher

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nevertheless, she developed important relationships with artists like Betye and Dick Saar and Frederick Hammersley in those years and went on to an active exhibition schedule with so...

Category

1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Long Memory
The Long Memory

Betye SaarThe Long Memory, 1998

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H 14.5 in W 11.75 in

The Long Memory

By Betye Saar

Located in New York, NY

Betye Saar The Long Memory, 1998 18 Color Screenprint on Somerset Paper 14 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches Edition 74/100 Signed lower right and dated, titled lower center; numbered 74/100 Unfra...

Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Conked

Alison SaarConked, 1997

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H 20.25 in W 30 in

Conked

By Alison Saar

Located in New York, NY

Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist.

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Abstract Figures Pastel Drawing Los Angeles Woman Modernist Anya Fisher
Abstract Figures Pastel Drawing Los Angeles Woman Modernist Anya Fisher

Abstract Figures Pastel Drawing Los Angeles Woman Modernist Anya Fisher

By Anya Fisher

Located in Surfside, FL

After earning an MFA, she developed relationships with other artists like Betye Saar and Frederick Hammersley. She held an active exhibition schedule with solo exhibitions at the Pas...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Female Nude Drawing Los Angeles Modernist Woman with Flowers
Female Nude Drawing Los Angeles Modernist Woman with Flowers

Female Nude Drawing Los Angeles Modernist Woman with Flowers

By Anya Fisher

Located in Surfside, FL

After earning an MFA, she developed relationships with other artists like Betye Saar and Frederick Hammersley. She held an active exhibition schedule with solo exhibitions at the Pas...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick

By Cheryl Warrick

Located in Surfside, FL

She has been included in numerous exhibitions including: Creating Vital Space 50 years of prints by Black Artists along with Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Betye Saar Charles white ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel

Desert Flower, Mexico
Desert Flower, Mexico

Eve PeriDesert Flower, Mexico, c.1930s

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H 20 in W 14 in D 2 in

Desert Flower, Mexico

By Eve Peri

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Artists represented include Hannelore Baron, Lee Bontecou, Nancy Grossman, Eve Peri, Anne Ryan, Betye Saar, Lenore Tawney. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade, Celebrating...

Category

1930s Art Deco Mixed Media

Materials

Raw Linen, Yarn

Rooster ( Mexico embroidery fabric art)
Rooster ( Mexico embroidery fabric art)

Rooster ( Mexico embroidery fabric art)

By Eve Peri

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Artists represented include Hannelore Baron, Lee Bontecou, Nancy Grossman, Eve Peri, Anne Ryan, Betye Saar, Lenore Tawney. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade, Celebrating 1...

Category

1930s Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric

Assemblage by Betye Saar
Assemblage by Betye Saar

Assemblage by Betye Saar

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H 18 in W 9 in D 1.5 in

Assemblage by Betye Saar

By Betye Saar

Located in Cathedral City, CA

Betye Saar is an American artist, known for her work in the field of assemblage.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

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Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

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