Blow Top Blues, The Fire Next Time
1998
Artist, American, born 1926
Printer, American, active late 20th century

Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph and collage on Rives wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 68.58 × 57.15 cm (27 × 22 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2015.115.42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Solo Impression, New York); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C.; 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