Betye Saar is one of the most famous African American artists. Her career spans 5 decades and includes works in printmaking, collage, assemblage and installation art. One of her most iconic images was her 1972 assemblage The Liberation of Aunt Jemima which explored themes of racial identity, social power, racism and feminism. The lithograph in the VMAD collection again demonstrates her use of overlapping images representing what the artist calls “remnants of memories.” Each image adds more meaning and depth until the whole becomes greater than its parts. Her works can be found in every major museum in the nation.
Betye Saar is one of the most famous African American artists. Her career spans 5 decades and includes works in printmaking, collage, assemblage and installation art. One of her most iconic images was her 1972 assemblage The Liberation of Aunt Jemima which explored themes of racial identity, social power, racism and feminism. The lithograph in the VMAD collection again demonstrates her use of overlapping images representing what the artist calls “remnants of memories.” Each image adds more meaning and depth until the whole becomes greater than its parts. Her works can be found in every major museum in the nation.
Virtual Museum of African Diaspora
Virtual Museum of African Diaspora
Contemporary Art
Betye Saar
Return to Dreamtime
intaglio silkscreen
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil along lower edge
No. 71 of the limited edition of 75.
29 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches
1990
Selected Collections
* Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
* Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ.
* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
* Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY.
* National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.
* The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
* The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
* Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
* Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA.
* The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.
* University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA.
* University of Massachusetts, Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.
