Mystic Sky with Self-Portrait

1992

Betye Saar

Associated Names
Betye Saar

Artist, American, born 1926

Robert Franklin

Printer, American, born 1930

This print features various shapes and lines scattered across a deep blue background. A large hand is at the center with a red sun, a yellow crescent moon, and a curving purple line on its palm. Above the hand are two overlapping yellow shooting stars. A flaming red heart is nearby, along with a purple masquerade mask, a pair of dice, a purple planet with rings, a yellow lightning bolt, and a curving red arrow. In the top left corner is a red sun with rays of green, purple, and yellow. In the bottom right corner is a face with light skin and silver hair and eyebrows. The bottom of the face is not visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color offset lithograph with cut-and-mounted addition on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 54.5 × 64.4 cm (21 7/16 × 25 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 54.4 × 64.4 cm (21 7/16 × 25 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.22.45


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Betye Saar 92" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Mystic Sky w/ Self Portrait" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "18/100" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.


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