Betye Saar: Call and Response

Betye Saar
Spread from Taiwan sketchbook, 1988
Watercolor and collage on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Spread from Haiti sketchbook, 26 July 1978
Watercolor, marker, and colored pencil on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Page from Haiti sketchbook, 24 July 1974
Watercolor, ballpoint pen, and ink on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Page from Aix-en-Provence, France/Los Angeles sketchbook, 8 September 2004
Collage and watercolor on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Page from Brazil sketchbook, 1994
Watercolor and collage on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
The Weight of Buddha (Contemplating Mother Wit and Street Smarts), 2014
Painted figures, chain, and postal scale
The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
Robert Wedemeyer

Betye Saar
Sketchbook page for The Weight of Buddha (Contemplating Mother Wit and Street Smarts), February 2013
Ballpoint pen, colored pencil, and wash on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
The Edge of Ethics, 2010
Metal cage, figures, chain, glass bottle,
and fan coral
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Sketchbook page for The Edge of Ethics, 14 January 2010 (facsimile)
Ballpoint pen, marker, and colored pencil on paper
pasted into sketchbook
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Betye Saar
Blow Top Blues: The Fire Next Time, 1998
Lithograph and hand-painted collage on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.
Photo courtesy Museum De Domijnen, Sittard, Netherlands, by Bert Janssen.