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Property from a Private New York Collection

Betye Saar

gonna lay down my burden

Live auction begins on:

February 25, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Bid

50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private New York Collection

Betye Saar

b. 1926


gonna lay down my burden

signed and dated 1997 (on the reverse)

paper collage on vintage washboard

23 ¾ by 12 ½ in.

60.3 by 31.8 cm.

Executed in 1997.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in 1997 by the present owner

New York, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery; Greenville County Museum of Art; and Detroit Institute of Arts, Workers and Warriors: The Return of Aunt Jemima, September 1998 - April 1999, p. 30, illustrated in color

Los Angeles, Craft & Folk Art Museum and The New York Historical Society, Betye Saar: Keepin’ it Clean, May 2017 - May 2019