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Betye Saar
Gris Gris Guardian1990-1993

Not on view
Painted wood and mixed-media cabinet sculpture with leaf-patterned exterior, two open compartments holding figures, candles, stones, and bottles, topped with a molded plaster fan crest

Betye Saar, Gris Gris Guardian, 1990-1993, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Richard Florsheim Art Fund and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Betye Saar
United States, born 1926
Title
Gris Gris Guardian
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1990-1993
Medium
Wood, wire, glass, candles, braided rope, stones, nails, oil paint, feathers, beads, steel, bronze, corn husks, and petrified wood
Dimensions
28 x 11 x 7 1/2 in. (71.12 x 27.94 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Richard Florsheim Art Fund and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
AC1996.162.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Betye Saar

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