Shield of Quality

Artist Betye Saar (American, 1926)

Date1974

DimensionsBox: H 2 x W 14 3/4 x D 9 in. (H 5.1 x W 37.5 x D 22.9 cm)
Box (Open): H 4 1/8 x W 14 3/4 x D 18 1/8 in. (H 10.5 x W 37.5 x D 46 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1998 The Members' Fund

Object number98.37

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Object NameSculpture | Assemblage

Title Details

Primary Title Shield of Quality

Inscriptionsbottom of box: u.l. brown ink "Betye Saar 1974"Marks and Labels/Stampsbottom of box: u.l. label "Artist Betye Saar / Title Shield of Quality / Medium mixed media / Size 19" x 15" x 2" (open) Year 1974 / Information box closed - 15" x 9" x 2" / Monique Knowlton Gallery, Inc. 153 Mercer Street New York 10012"ProvenanceMonique Knowlton, New York, New York; Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, New York, 1997.Exhibition History"We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85," Brookyn Museum of Art (4/21/2017 - 9/10/2017); California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA (10/13/2017 - 1/14/2018); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (2/17/2018 - 5/27/2018); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (6/26/2018 - 9/30/2018)
"Family Legacies: The Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar" Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (December 18, 2005 - March 26, 2006) ; Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California (April 30 - September 24, 2006); San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California (October 21, 2006 - January 7, 2007); Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (January 30 - April 22, 2007)
"Free Expressions: Community Voices and Contemporary African American Art from the Collection", The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 6 - July 28, 2002)
"African-American Art, 20th Century Masterworks, V," Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (January 22 - March 21, 1998); Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans (April 6 - June 6, 1998)
"Since The Harlem Renaissance: 50 Years of Afro-American Art," The Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (April 6 - June 6, 1984); The Amelie A. Wallace Art Gallery, The State University of New York, College at Westbury (November 1 - December 9, 1984); Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York (January 11 - March 3, 1985); The Art Gallery of the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (March 27 - May 3, 1985); The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia (July 19 - September 1, 1985); Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park,Pennsylvania (September 22 - November 1, 1985)

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