Colored / Betye Saar

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Accession Number
2003/1.406
Title
Colored
Artist
Betye Saar
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
born 1926
Object Creation Date
2002
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Dimensions
36.8 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.8 cm (14 1/2 in. x 30 in. x 1 1/2 in.)
Century
21st century
Primary Object Classification
Mixed Media
Primary Object Type
assemblage
Physical Description
Assemblage of found objects: salvaged wood frame, four portrait photographs of African American females, nine thread samples, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer's right of the frame.
Subject Matter
From Betye Saar's series "Colored -- Consider the Rainbow," begun in 2001 in which she tackled the issue of racism through works focusing on skin tone and forms of discrimination and hierarchies of race within the African American community. This work references the color spectrum through actual photographs as well as pigmented thread spools, a proverb about color disctinctions, and a hand mirror inviting viewers to reflect on their own skin color.
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Image Size
2622 x 1936
File Size
675 KB
Record
2003/1.406
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.406/2003_1.406.jpg

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"Colored; Betye Saar." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.406/2003_1.406.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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