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BETYE SAAR (1926 - ) Titaster #6.
Watercolor on Arches paper, 1972. 508x378 mm; 20x14 7/8 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (1972); acquired by de-accession, Kate Davies, Downey, CA; private collection (2010).
Exhibited: 15th Annual Art Unlimited, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, 1972.
This surreal and erotic watercolor is an excellent example of Betye Saar's experimental works on paper. Titaster #6 was made the same year as her ground breaking assemblage The Liberation of Aunt Jemima which she exhibited at the Rainbow Sign Cultural Center in Berkeley. In 1972, Saar also was included in the important group exhibition Los Angeles, 1972, A Panorama of Artists at LACMA.
