Artist
Betye Saar American, born 1926
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Weight of Persistent Racism (Manufactured in the U.S.A.)
Date2014
MediumMixed media assemblage
Dimensions25 1/4 × 7 × 9 1/4 in. (64.1 × 17.8 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by contemporary@mfah and the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2019.187
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Betye Saar On the Shelf," Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, California, November 1–December 15, 2014.
"Betye Saar: Still Tickin'," Museum De Domijnen / Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands, June 28–November 15, 2015; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, January 30–May 1, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on underside: The Weight of Persistent / Racism / (USA) / Betye Saar [cursive] / 2014
Signed on underside: The Weight of Persistent / Racism / (USA) / Betye Saar [cursive] / 2014
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