Artist Monograph

Betye Saar, American

American, born 1926

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	35	74.5%
Screenprint	3	6.4%
Lithography	3	6.4%
Sculpture	2	4.3%
Drawing	2	4.3%
Watercolor	1	2.1%
Other Media	1	2.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	44	93.6%
Painting & Sculpture	3	6.4%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 43
Painting — 2
Collage — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	10.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	42	89.4%

Range: 11.5 cm → 90.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1990	1
2013	3
2018	42
2024	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 47 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
El Gato Print Acc. 1161.2018	1960	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 5/8 × 16 11/16" (29.5 × 42.4 cm); sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 1/8" (33.3 × 48.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
In the Dell Print Acc. 1160.2018	1960	Etching	plate: 10 × 14 15/16" (25.4 × 38 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 11/16 × 17 1/8" (29.7 × 43.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Samsara Print Acc. 1162.2018	1960	Etching with relief printing and embossing	plate: 14 13/16 × 15 15/16" (37.7 × 40.5 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 × 17 15/16" (43.6 × 45.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
To Catch a Unicorn Print Acc. 1159.2018	1960	Etching and aquatint with watercolor additions	plate: 14 3/4 × 8" (37.5 × 20.3 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 × 9 7/16" (42.6 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Anticipation Print Acc. 1163.2018	1961	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 18 1/8 × 14 7/16" (46.1 × 36.7 cm); sheet: 21 11/16 × 16 15/16" (55.1 × 43.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
By the Sea Print Acc. 1164.2018	1961	Etching	plate: 17 5/8 × 11 7/8" (44.7 × 30.2 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 × 13 1/8" (49.3 × 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Les Enfants d'Obscurité Print Acc. 1165.2018	1961	Etching and aquatint	plate: 14 15/16 × 14 7/8" (38 × 37.8 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 × 16 3/16" (42.6 × 41.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lezley Saar and Agust Agustsson
Lo, The Pensive Peninsula Print Acc. 1166.2018	1961	Etching	plate (slightly irreg.): 14 15/16 × 19 11/16" (38 × 50 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 5/16 × 21 9/16" (41.5 × 54.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Amid Hallucinatory Moons Print Acc. 1167.2018	1962	Etching with relief printing	plate: 14 15/16 × 19 3/16" (37.9 × 48.8 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 × 20 7/8" (41.4 × 53.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
The Wounded Wilderness Print Acc. 1168.2018	1962	Etching with relief printing	plate: 23 7/8 × 14 15/16" (60.6 × 37.9 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 16 5/8" (64.9 × 42.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Fireside Print Acc. 1169.2018	1963	Etching	plate: 7 7/16 × 6" (18.9 × 15.2 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 × 7 7/16" (23.7 × 18.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Flight Print Acc. 1170.2018	1963	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 14 9/16 × 18 1/8" (37 × 46 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 15/16 × 24 1/8" (45.5 × 61.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
In the Sunflower Patch Print Acc. 1171.2018	1963	Screenprint	composition: 8 1/4 × 15 7/8" (20.9 × 40.4 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 × 19 1/2" (32.9 × 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Black Angus Meets Big Brahma Print Acc. 1175.2018	1964	Etching with relief-printed found object	composition (irreg.): 17 13/16 × 26 5/8" (45.3 × 67.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 9/16 × 28 7/8" (49.7 × 73.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alison Saar and Thomas Leeser
Carnival Print Acc. 1176.2018	1964	Etching and aquatint with hand additions	plate: 14 5/8 × 4 7/16" (37.1 × 11.2 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 × 7 3/8" (44.4 × 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Enchantress and Twilight Bird Print Acc. 1177.2018	1964	Etching and aquatint with blind embossing	plate: 19 × 15 1/4" (48.2 × 38.7 cm); sheet: 22 3/16 × 17 9/16" (56.3 × 44.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Enfant in the Garden Print Acc. 1178.2018	1964	Etching	plate: 9 15/16 × 17 15/16" (25.2 × 45.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 19 1/2" (31.1 × 49.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Girl Children Print Acc. 1179.2018	1964	Etching	plate: 17 11/16 × 13 9/16" (44.9 × 34.5 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 15 3/16" (49 × 38.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Mystic Chart for an Unemployed Sorceress Print Acc. 1180.2018	1964	Etching and aquatint	plate: 17 15/16 × 13 3/4" (45.6 × 35 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16" (50.2 × 39.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Not All Turtles Sing Print Acc. 1181.2018	1964	Etching	plate: 11 7/8 × 14 13/16" (30.1 × 37.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 17 5/16" (33.7 × 44 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alison Saar and Thomas Leeser
Rojo Toro Print Acc. 1183.2018	1964	Etching	plate: 17 15/16 × 21 7/8" (45.6 × 55.5 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 × 23 11/16" (49.7 × 60.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Sorceress with Seven Assorted Birds Print Acc. 1184.2018	1964	Etching and aquatint	plate: 14 9/16 × 12 1/8" (37 × 30.8 cm); sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 1/4" (43.5 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lezley Saar and Agust Agustsson
The Beast that Pounds the Devil's Dust Print Acc. 1172.2018	1964	Etching and collagraph with hand additions	composition: 12 3/16 × 14 7/8" (30.9 × 37.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 16 15/16" (37.7 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lezley Saar and Agust Agustsson
The Beastie Parade Print Acc. 1173.2018	1964	Etching and aquatint with hand additions	plate: 5 1/16 × 14 7/8" (12.9 × 37.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 6 7/8 × 16 7/16" (17.4 × 41.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
The Big Beastie Parade Print Acc. 1174.2018	1964	Etching	Plate: 17 13/16 × 21 7/16" (45.2 × 54.5 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 23 3/4" (49.5 × 60.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alison Saar and Thomas Leeser
The Quick & the Dead Print Acc. 1182.2018	1964	Etching and collagraph with hand addtions and embossing with stamped ink	plate: 12 5/16 × 29 15/16" (31.3 × 76.1 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 × 30 7/8" (34.1 × 78.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
He Who… Print Acc. 1185.2018	1965	Etching with relief-printed found objects	plate (irreg.): 4 5/16 × 5 1/16" (10.9 × 12.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 6 5/16 × 8 1/4" (16 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Lo, The Mystique City Print Acc. 1186.2018	1965	Etching and aquatint with relief-printed found objects	plate (irreg.): 18 1/2 × 19 13/16" (47 × 50.4 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 22 15/16" (50.3 × 58.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Summer Symbol Print Acc. 1190.2018	1965	Etching with relief printing	plate: 16 9/16 × 14 13/16" (42.1 × 37.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/4 × 16 5/16" (47.6 × 41.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
The Man from Phrenology Print Acc. 1187.2018	1965	Etching	plate: 14 13/16 × 9 13/16" (37.7 × 25 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 11/16 × 12 5/8" (44.9 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
The Mystic Flag Print Acc. 1188.2018	1965	Etching with relief printing and relief-printed found objects	plate (irreg.): 3 3/8 × 5 7/8" (8.6 × 15 cm); sheet (irreg.): 5 5/8 × 8 9/16" (14.3 × 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tracye and Francis Cavanaugh
The Palmistry Chart Print Acc. 1189.2018	1965	Etching	plate: 8 3/4 × 5 7/16" (22.3 × 13.8 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 1/2" (28.1 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
We The People Print Acc. 1191.2018	1965	Blind embossing	plate: 3 7/16 × 4 1/2" (8.8 × 11.5 cm); sheet: 5 × 6 11/16" (12.7 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tracye and Francis Cavanaugh
A Siege of Sirens Print Acc. 1197.2018	1966	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 15/16 × 15" (50.7 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lezley Saar and Agust Agustsson
Celestial Scene Print Acc. 1192.2018	1966	Etching	plate: 8 15/16 × 12 1/16" (22.7 × 30.6 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 15" (33.2 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
House of Tarot Print Acc. 1193.2018	1966	Etching with relief printing and relief-printed and embossed found objects	plate: 17 11/16 × 23 3/4" (45 × 60.4 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 27 9/16" (50.6 × 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art in honor of Marquita Pool-Eckert
Palm of Love Print Acc. 1195.2018	1966	Etching with relief printing	plate: 17 15/16 × 23 3/4" (45.6 × 60.3 cm); sheet: 19 1/16 × 26 1/16" (48.4 × 66.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Phrenology Man Digs Sol y Luna Print Acc. 1196.2018	1966	Etching with relief-printed found objects	composition: 14 5/8 × 15" (37.1 × 38.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 3/8 × 17 1/2" (44.1 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art in honor of Eric J. Barkley
The Mystic Galaxy Print Acc. 1194.2018	1966	Etching with relief-printed found objects	plate: 17 1/2 × 8 1/4" (44.5 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 10 7/8" (50.7 × 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alison Saar and Thomas Leeser
Two of Every Sort Print Acc. 1200.2018	c. 1966	Etching	plate: 11 3/4 × 17 11/16" (29.8 × 45 cm); sheet: 13 1/8 × 20" (33.3 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Candace King Weir Endowment for Women Artists
Winter Symbol Print Acc. 1198.2018	1966	Etching	composition: 16 3/8 × 14 13/16" (41.6 × 37.7 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 17 3/8" (49.6 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
The Mystic Galaxy Print Acc. 1199.2018	1968	Etching with embossing	plate (irreg.): 9 1/8 × 17 9/16" (23.2 × 44.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 × 19 9/16" (28.5 × 49.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tracye and Francis Cavanaugh
Black Girl's Window Sculpture Acc. 549.2013	1969	Wooden window frame with paint, cut-and-pasted printed and painted papers, daguerreotype, lenticular print, and plastic figurine	35 3/4 x 18 x 1 1/2" (90.8 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Candace King Weir through The Modern Women's Fund and Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Aunt Jemima and Hoo Doo Doll Collage Acc. 409.2024	1972	Marker, pencil, stamped ink, and solvent transfer on torn and painted paper	18 3/4 × 9 1/2" (47.6 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Jack Shear, and partial gift of Bernadette Castor and David Packard
"Keep for Old Memiors" Painting Acc. 57.2013	1976	Pencil on paper, printed papers, and printed fabric sewn and pasted on fabric with lace, leaves, and feathers, mounted on painted frame with gloves	15 1/2 x 13" (39.4 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Fragments Print Acc. 217.1990	1976	Offset lithograph	composition and sheet: 13 3/4 × 18 1/4" (35 × 46.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
The Invitation Painting Acc. 58.2013	1991	Photomechanical reproductions pasted on fabric mounted on paper, with fan, tin ex-voto heart, feather, and wood hearts, in hinged wood shadow box	14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder