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Betye Saar
The Quick & the Dead1964

Not on view
Lithograph or monotype of a crouching dark animal on cream paper, with a rust-orange circle upper left and handwritten notations and labels on the right side of the sheet
Artist or Maker
Betye Saar
United States, born 1926
Title
The Quick & the Dead
Date Made
1964
Medium
Intaglio, mixed media, orange stencil, embossing and hand stamp
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 32 in. (40.01 × 81.28 cm) Plate: 12 1/2 × 30 in. (31.75 × 76.2 cm) Frame: 20 1/2 × 37 1/2 × 1 in. (52.07 × 95.25 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California
Accession Number
M.2020.262.2
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Betye Saar