Artist
Betye Saar (American, born 1926)American, born 1926
CultureAmerican
Titles
- One Lost Spring
Date1962
MediumSoft ground and hard ground etching with spit bite etching on wove paper, artist's proof #2
DimensionsPlate: 26 × 14 11/16 in. (66 × 37.3 cm)
Sheet: 26 11/16 × 16 3/8 in. (67.8 × 41.6 cm)
Sheet: 26 11/16 × 16 3/8 in. (67.8 × 41.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund and by Kelty and Rogers Crain in honor of Dr. Dena M. Woodall
Object number2023.15
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Made in California," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Feb. 4, 2023-TBD [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: One Lost Spring [cursive]
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: Artist's Proof #2 [cursive]
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Betye Saar [cursive] 1962
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right of plate, upper right edge: 328-I
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: Saar / Proof 4
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: Artist's Proof #2 [cursive]
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Betye Saar [cursive] 1962
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right of plate, upper right edge: 328-I
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: Saar / Proof 4
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Catalogue raisonnéNone
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1982
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1982
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