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Blow Top Blues: The Fire Next Time
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Lithograph collage using white wove paper varnished over the figure at the lower right. Cut out eyes painted over with colored wash.
Rights: © Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © 1997 Betye Saar
Department of Prints
[G. W. Einstein Company Inc. New York New York] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums October 4 1999.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Margaret Fisher Fund
Title: Blow Top Blues: The Fire Next Time
Description:
Lithograph collage using white wove paper varnished over the figure at the lower right.
Cut out eyes painted over with colored wash.
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