1 10 72 https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/bfa2ae95e5771880454c063980009b04.jpeg 7ebb3d54d5e0c309e0ff657da447d485 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Drawing Study Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Drawing, etching Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Collection of Cleophus Thomas Description An account of the resource In paper and print media, such as drawings and intaglio prints, Saar developed both conceptual and formal qualities that she employs throughout her career; here, the incorporation of mixed media characterizes works across Saar’s expansive oeuvre. In this nonrepresentational image, Saar layers thick, black brushstrokes in a study of textures and transparencies. The final product incorporates ink, etching, and white pencil drawing in an experimentation of how the three media interact visually in a single composition. https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/b004007bb526d7f554f94f1a37429081.png a70d0348675c2c27d96f71e9f3cb39ff Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Acrobats Description An account of the resource Acrobats is one of the prints produced during the course of Saar’s graduate studies at California State Long Beach, where she specialized in printmaking. Here we see an acrobatic troupe of undistinguished figures posed in a daring act of physical skill. The characters balance across the vertical length of the paper, stacked on each other’s shoulders. From a distance, the highly-textured, dark gray washes of ink partially obscure the print’s representational elements. The top figure on the stack of dark, charcoal bodies proudly raises their arms to reveal a severed head in each hand: a subtle and unassuming, yet gruesome, detail. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Etching Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Collection of Lewis Tanner Moore https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/bac31975b5291f2f0525a92131f03906.jpeg 43aa6497fa273fa285cfd1a8d1fba674 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Now You Cookin’ with Gas from Bookmarks in the Pages of Life Series Description An account of the resource Much of Saar’s work explores the experiences of African American womanhood, emphasizing their independence. Here, a photographic image of a woman is situated on the edges of a cityscape while two men in colorful zoot suits stand contained within a border of repeating brownstone apartment buildings. The men’s eyes are exaggerated and we follow their stare to the figure of the woman posed confidently on the outskirts; though she is observed by the two men, the woman appears unaffected, independent, and free to move beyond the boundaries of the streetscape in which the two men appear confined. This print is paired in Saar’s Bookmarks from the Pages of Life with Zora Neale Hurston’s “Story in Harlem Slang.” Hurston’s short story, originally published in 1942, follows a confident, prosperous African American woman who dismisses the catcalls of two men who are far less successful than they boast. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Serigraph Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection, Gift from the Sandra and Lloyd Baccus Collection https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/2c424624fce3e42d1e84c2c9056a6fb2.png 10adf885d88b83c69f8ed87d8073b501 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jump on One Foot, One Foot Description An account of the resource Saar’s gestural print of a girl jumping rope escapes the charm typically associated with childhood play, instead infusing the scene with the vigor of the child’s rapid movement. The smudges of ink at the girl’s feet evoke dust kicked up by the rope hitting the ground as her undefined edges animate her brisk jumping. Saar takes full advantage of the painterly qualities of monotype printmaking, in which paper is pressed against a surface applied with ink, often with a brush. Because the plate is not incised like an etching, the design is typically printed only once. This monotype demonstrates the continuity and experimentation of Saar’s printmaking practice in her mature career, well after she began making her acclaimed assemblages in the late 1960s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1984 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil monotype Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Collection of Cleophus Thomas https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/7d1a81fca305cb39c25d0b8527f5995e.jpeg e8f46a647d2d7bd5f3f4677b72fc7947 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource LA Sky with Spinning Hearts Description An account of the resource Betye Saar regards the sky as an important aspect of nature and expresses its mystical aspects through a careful manipulation of form. Her fantastical rendition of the sky in LA–Saar’s place of birth–cannot be confined to traditional rectangular and square frames. The print itself bends and contorts to capture all its expansiveness. Saar stitched pieces of heavy paper together to create its irregular shape. A shooting star tugs at the edges, and the leaves of a palm tree move beyond the frame. A border dotted with white, green, red, and blue, features white moons at its top edge, recalling mysticism and ritual associated with lunar cycles. The otherworldliness, magic, and dizzying love in the sky, washed in multiple shades of blue, promotes a sense of home and longing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Offset printing, silkscreen, stitching Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection, Gift from Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/97a3db3d927e14c9e13586b7ea021061.jpeg 716a0410abbda6522cac5db5ee8006aa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mystic Sky with Self Portrait Description An account of the resource Betye Saar states: “The stars, the cards, the mystic vigil may hold the answers. By shifting the point of view an inner spirit is released. Free to create.” Saar places symbols in her mystic sky: the decorative mask represents “hidden identity and magic,” the Eye of Providence stands for “God’s all-seeing eye,” and the palmistry hand, and dice symbolize “fate/fortune.” The purple symbol on the hand is the symbol for Leo, Saar’s astrological sun sign. Whereas Saar’s point of view in LA Sky with Spinning Hearts is that of someone looking up into the expansive sky, Saar depicts herself in Mystic Sky with Self Portrait as a spiritual being among these celestial objects. She looks downward, placing herself not as the observed but the observer. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Offset lithograph, collage, construction Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Collection of Lewis Tanner Moore https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/2933b959aeb8bf6a8e89eb3803076f6a.jpeg bc489f3233a9ebb34b67bc30edf31865 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bookmarks in the Pages of Life Description An account of the resource Bookmarks in the Pages of Life is a collection of illustrations Saar made to accompany short stories by Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), a prolific author whose profoundly impactful works, such as Their Eyes Were Watching God (published in 1937), centers African American struggle and liberation. Saar illustrates Hurston's short stories, which range from courtroom drama to comedic misadventure, set in Harlem and rural Florida from the antebellum to Harlem Renaissance. One of Saar’s prints for the book, The Conscience of the Court, depicts Hurtson's fictional character Laura Lee Kimble, innocent yet on trial in a corrupt legal system. In the back of a courtroom, a large clock looms over Kimble, reflecting an urgency for justice. Through six colorful serigraphs, Saar illustrates the racial struggles that Hurston observed across the United States in her lifetime and throughout the nation's history. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Artist book Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection, Gift from the Sandra and Lloyd Baccus Collection https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/92bf8777316bb5fdfe6b6d69ed0ed421.jpeg d8253718b51aa5419c785d032e099360 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Conscience of the Court from Bookmarks in the Pages of Life Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Serigraph Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection, Gift from the Sandra and Lloyd Baccus Collection https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/5c2bda87b3a91bd27f39e51393538dc8.jpeg a3c9daf4b15bf30304678fa491757337 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Bone of Contention from Bookmarks in the Pages of Life Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Serigraph Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection, Gift from the Sandra and Lloyd Baccus Collection https://black-printmaking.artinterp.org/files/original/e635c1ff0c745548aa5a44273363835d.jpeg 7461ad45c27b08f955c8cbb84499ad34 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mother Catherine from Bookmarks in the Pages of Life Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Betye Saar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Serigraph Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Collection of Lewis Tanner Moore