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Betye Saar
Fragments1976

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Sepia-toned print depicting a collage arrangement of group photographs, a feather, lace fabric, a small bird, a flower, and a crescent-and-star emblem, with Arabic script inscription

Betye Saar, Harry Westlund, Neighbors of Watts, Los Angeles, Fragments, 1976, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Cirrus Editions Archive. Purchased with funds provided by the Director's Roundtable, and gift of Cirrus Editions, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

Artist or Maker
Betye Saar
United States, born 1926
Title
Fragments
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1976
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 18 in. (35.56 × 45.72 cm) Image: 14 × 18 in. (35.56 × 45.72 cm) Frame: 19 1/8 × 23 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (48.58 × 58.74 × 5.4 cm)
Credit Line
Cirrus Editions Archive. Purchased with funds provided by the Director's Roundtable, and gift of Cirrus Editions
Accession Number
M.86.2.531
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hanson, Lauren, and Frances Lazare. Act on it!: Artists, Community, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles = ¡Actuemos!: Artistas, Comunidad y la Galería. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
Copyright
© Betye Saar, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

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