Betye Saar: Call and Response

Betye Saar
Dolls sketchbook, ca. 1968–70
Marker and watercolor in accordion-folded sketchbook
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Spread from Black Dolls sketchbook, San Diego, Mingei International Museum, 24 May 2015
Photocopy, ink, watercolor, marker, and paper
collage on board
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Blend, 2002
Collage of dress, gloves, fabric, fan, printed papers, and paint on paper
Collection of Neil Lane. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
Robert Wedemeyer

Betye Saar
Cream, 2001
Collage of dress, buttons, photos, printed papers, lock of hair, metal ornament, handprints, and paint on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
Photo courtesy Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, by Tim Lanterman.

Betye Saar
Sketchbook pages for Blend and Cream, 1 April 2001
Marker on paper; ballpoint pen on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Maid-Rite—I’se in Town Honey, 1997
Washboard with paint, stenciled lettering,
artificial eyes, and painted heads
Greenville County Museum of Art. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California.© Betye Saar.
Brian Forrest

Betye Saar
Sketchbook page for Maid-Rite—
I’se in Town Honey,
17 July 1997 (facsimile)
Ballpoint pen on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Sketchbook page for Supreme Quality, 22 January 1998 (facsimile)
Marker on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Supreme Quality, 1998
Washboard with stenciled lettering, soap bar with
printed paper label, metal figurine with toy guns,
tin washtub, fabric, clock, and wood stand
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles. © Betye Saar.
Photo courtesy Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, by Tim Lanterman.

Betye Saar
A Call to Arms, 1997
Washboard with stenciled lettering, toy guns, compass, clock, wood picture frame, printed photo, crumb brush, twine, bullets, wood and metal spools, and Black Power fists
Collection of David Packard and M. Bernadette Castor. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California.© Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA