Artworks · Betye Saar

The Invitation

1991 · Photomechanical reproductions pasted on fabric mounted on paper, with fan, tin ex-voto heart, feather, and wood hearts, in hinged wood shadow box

14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Keep for Old Memiors"

1976 · Pencil on paper, printed papers, and printed fabric sewn and pasted on fabric with lace, leaves, and feathers, mounted on painted frame with gloves

15 1/2 x 13" (39.4 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aunt Jemima and Hoo Doo Doll

1972 · Marker, pencil, stamped ink, and solvent transfer on torn and painted paper

18 3/4 × 9 1/2" (47.6 × 24.1 cm)

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Eshu (The Trickster)

1971 · Painted leather and fabric

102.2 × 96.5 × 0.6 cm (40 1/4 × 38 × 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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 x 18 x 1 1/2" (90.8 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Mystic Galaxy

1968 · Etching with embossing

plate (irreg.): 9 1/8 × 17 9/16" (23.2 × 44.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 × 19 9/16" (28.5 × 49.7 cm)

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The Mystic Galaxy

1966 · Etching with relief-printed found objects

plate: 17 1/2 × 8 1/4" (44.5 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 10 7/8" (50.7 × 27.7 cm)

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Winter Symbol

1966 · Etching

composition: 16 3/8 × 14 13/16" (41.6 × 37.7 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 17 3/8" (49.6 × 44.1 cm)

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Phrenology Man Digs Sol y Luna

1966 · Etching with relief-printed found objects

composition: 14 5/8 × 15" (37.1 × 38.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 3/8 × 17 1/2" (44.1 × 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

House of Tarot

1966 · Etching with relief printing and relief-printed and embossed found objects

plate: 17 11/16 × 23 3/4" (45 × 60.4 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 27 9/16" (50.6 × 70 cm)

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Palm of Love

1966 · Etching with relief printing

plate: 17 15/16 × 23 3/4" (45.6 × 60.3 cm); sheet: 19 1/16 × 26 1/16" (48.4 × 66.2 cm)

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Two of Every Sort

1966 · Etching

plate: 11 3/4 × 17 11/16" (29.8 × 45 cm); sheet: 13 1/8 × 20" (33.3 × 50.8 cm)

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Celestial Scene

1966 · Etching

plate: 8 15/16 × 12 1/16" (22.7 × 30.6 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 15" (33.2 × 38.1 cm)

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The Man from Phrenology

1965 · Etching

plate: 14 13/16 × 9 13/16" (37.7 × 25 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 11/16 × 12 5/8" (44.9 × 32.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

He Who...

1965 · Etching with relief-printed found objects

plate (irreg.): 4 5/16 × 5 1/16" (10.9 × 12.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 6 5/16 × 8 1/4" (16 × 21 cm)

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Summer Symbol

1965 · Etching with relief printing

plate: 16 9/16 × 14 13/16" (42.1 × 37.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/4 × 16 5/16" (47.6 × 41.4 cm)

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The Palmistry Chart

1965 · Etching

plate: 8 3/4 × 5 7/16" (22.3 × 13.8 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 1/2" (28.1 × 21.6 cm)

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We The People

1965 · Blind embossing

plate: 3 7/16 × 4 1/2" (8.8 × 11.5 cm); sheet: 5 × 6 11/16" (12.7 × 17 cm)

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The Mystic Flag

1965 · Etching with relief printing and relief-printed found objects

plate (irreg.): 3 3/8 × 5 7/8" (8.6 × 15 cm); sheet (irreg.): 5 5/8 × 8 9/16" (14.3 × 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lo, The Mystique City

1965 · Etching and aquatint with relief-printed found objects

plate (irreg.): 18 1/2 × 19 13/16" (47 × 50.4 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 22 15/16" (50.3 × 58.3 cm)

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Enchantress and Twilight Bird

1964 · Etching and aquatint with blind embossing

plate: 19 × 15 1/4" (48.2 × 38.7 cm); sheet: 22 3/16 × 17 9/16" (56.3 × 44.6 cm)

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Girl Children

1964 · Etching

plate: 17 11/16 × 13 9/16" (44.9 × 34.5 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 15 3/16" (49 × 38.5 cm)

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Not All Turtles Sing

1964 · Etching

plate: 11 7/8 × 14 13/16" (30.1 × 37.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 17 5/16" (33.7 × 44 cm)

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Mystic Chart for an Unemployed Sorceress

1964 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 17 15/16 × 13 3/4" (45.6 × 35 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16" (50.2 × 39.9 cm)

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The Beastie Parade

1964 · Etching and aquatint with hand additions

plate: 5 1/16 × 14 7/8" (12.9 × 37.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 6 7/8 × 16 7/16" (17.4 × 41.7 cm)

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The Quick & the Dead

1964 · Etching and collagraph with hand addtions and embossing with stamped ink

plate: 12 5/16 × 29 15/16" (31.3 × 76.1 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 × 30 7/8" (34.1 × 78.5 cm)

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Rojo Toro

1964 · Etching

plate: 17 15/16 × 21 7/8" (45.6 × 55.5 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 × 23 11/16" (49.7 × 60.2 cm)

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The Beast that Pounds the Devil's Dust

1964 · Etching and collagraph with hand additions

composition: 12 3/16 × 14 7/8" (30.9 × 37.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 16 15/16" (37.7 × 43 cm)

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Sorceress with Seven Assorted Birds

1964 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 14 9/16 × 12 1/8" (37 × 30.8 cm); sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 1/4" (43.5 × 33.7 cm)

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Enfant in the Garden

1964 · Etching

plate: 9 15/16 × 17 15/16" (25.2 × 45.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 19 1/2" (31.1 × 49.6 cm)

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Carnival

1964 · Etching and aquatint with hand additions

plate: 14 5/8 × 4 7/16" (37.1 × 11.2 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 × 7 3/8" (44.4 × 18.7 cm)

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The Big Beastie Parade

1964 · Etching

Plate: 17 13/16 × 21 7/16" (45.2 × 54.5 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 23 3/4" (49.5 × 60.3 cm)

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Black Angus Meets Big Brahma

1964 · Etching with relief-printed found object

composition (irreg.): 17 13/16 × 26 5/8" (45.3 × 67.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 9/16 × 28 7/8" (49.7 × 73.3 cm)

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In the Sunflower Patch

1963 · Screenprint

composition: 8 1/4 × 15 7/8" (20.9 × 40.4 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 × 19 1/2" (32.9 × 49.5 cm)

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Flight

1963 · Screenprint

composition (irreg.): 14 9/16 × 18 1/8" (37 × 46 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 15/16 × 24 1/8" (45.5 × 61.2 cm)

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Fireside

1963 · Etching

plate: 7 7/16 × 6" (18.9 × 15.2 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 7 7/16" (23.7 × 18.9 cm)

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Amid Hallucinatory Moons

1962 · Etching with relief printing

plate: 14 15/16 × 19 3/16" (37.9 × 48.8 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 × 20 7/8" (41.4 × 53.1 cm)

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The Wounded Wilderness

1962 · Etching with relief printing

plate: 23 7/8 × 14 15/16" (60.6 × 37.9 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 16 5/8" (64.9 × 42.3 cm)

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Lo, The Pensive Peninsula

1961 · Etching

plate (slightly irreg.): 14 15/16 × 19 11/16" (38 × 50 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 5/16 × 21 9/16" (41.5 × 54.7 cm)

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By the Sea

1961 · Etching

plate: 17 5/8 × 11 7/8" (44.7 × 30.2 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 × 13 1/8" (49.3 × 33.3 cm)

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Anticipation

1961 · Screenprint

composition (irreg.): 18 1/8 × 14 7/16" (46.1 × 36.7 cm); sheet: 21 11/16 × 16 15/16" (55.1 × 43.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Enfants d'Obscurité

1961 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 14 15/16 × 14 7/8" (38 × 37.8 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 × 16 3/16" (42.6 × 41.1 cm)

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El Gato

1960 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 5/8 × 16 11/16" (29.5 × 42.4 cm); sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 1/8" (33.3 × 48.5 cm)

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In the Dell

1960 · Etching

plate: 10 × 14 15/16" (25.4 × 38 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 11/16 × 17 1/8" (29.7 × 43.5 cm)

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Samsara

1960 · Etching with relief printing and embossing

plate: 14 13/16 × 15 15/16" (37.7 × 40.5 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 × 17 15/16" (43.6 × 45.6 cm)

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To Catch a Unicorn

1960 · Etching and aquatint with watercolor additions

plate: 14 3/4 × 8" (37.5 × 20.3 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 × 9 7/16" (42.6 × 24 cm)

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