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BETYE SAAR (1926 - ) Flight.
Color screenprint on heavy cream wove paper, 1963. 380x500 mm; 14x18 inches, full margins. Intended edition of 14 (12 known impressions). Printed and published by the artist. Signed, titled and dated in pencil, lower margin.
This extremely scarce print is one of only a few early screenprints by Betye Saar. This print dates from the year after Saar finished her graduate studies in experimental printmaking at California State University, Los Angeles. Flight and two other sceenprints, Anticipation, 1961 and In the Sunflower Patch, 1963, share the theme of motherhood - Saar gave birth to her three daughters, Alison, Lesley, and Tracye, while in grad school.
Other impressions of this print are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Detroit Institute of Art. An impression was also included in the recent MoMA exhibition The Legends of Black Girl's Window, October 21, 2019 – January 4, 2020.
