Blow Top Blues, The Fire Next Time

1998

Betye Saar

Associated Names
Betye Saar

Artist, American, born 1926

Judith Solodkin

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image displays fluid, undulating shapes and lines sweeping diagonally across the canvas. The dominant colors are orange and blue. The composition suggests vibrant flames against a dark, swirling background. In the lower right corner, a smiling face is partially obscured by a headpiece with the word "LIBERATION."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph and collage on Rives wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 68.58 × 57.15 cm (27 × 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.115.42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Solo Impressions, New York; Baltimore Print Fair, Baltimore; to Robert Stana and Thomas Judy, Washington, D.C., 2008; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in yellow pencil: 38/45 Blow Top Blues: The Fire Next Time Betye Saar 1998; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 97-618

Markings

embossed: [hand with index finger pointing upward]

Watermarks

RIVES / [infinity symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q77015600

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