BETYE SAAR (B. 1926)
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508465
Lot 518 | BETYE SAAR (B. 1926)
Estimate value
100000USD $ 100 000 – 150 000
Secrets of Spring
signed and dated 'Betye Saar 1989' (upper side edge)
mixed media assemblage
23 x 17 ¾ x 2 1/8 in. (58.4 x 43.9 x 5.3 cm.)
Executed in 1989.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owners, 1995
Exhibited
Aotearoa, City Gallery Wellington, Betye Saar: Illusions, October-November 1989.
22nd International Biennial of Sau Paulo, The Art of Betye Saar & John Outterbridge: The Poetics of Politics, Iconography and Spirituality, October-December 1994, pp. 10-11 and 36, no. 6 (illustrated).
University of Michigan Museum of Modern Art; West Palm Beach, Norton Museum and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Betye Saar, Extending the Frozen Moment, October 2005-December 2006, p. 123, no. 38 (illustrated).
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
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| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
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| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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