Betye Saar: career timeline
American · 1926–2026 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 45 of 49 lots (92% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | 9 | $3.8kSign up | Etching |
| 1970s | 14 | 14 | $2.7kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $1.3kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1990s | 17 | 17 | $1.4kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | $1.1kSign up | Etching |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | $8.8kSign up | Watercolor |
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1960s 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 15.5 in (45 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (4), Watercolor (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (2)
1960 To Catch a Unicorn$2.5kSign up
c. 1960 NoëlUnsold
1962 In a Jaded Garden$7kSign up
1964 Waft Your Wings Together...$5.4kSign up
1964 Rock a Bye Baby$2kSign up
1964 Lovers with Twilight Birds$6.1kSign up
1964 Big Sisters Are Like That$3.8kSign up
1964 Dog Bones$5.3kSign up
c. 1966 Male Model Makin' the Chaplin Scene$2.5kSign up
c. 1967 Wood Nymph with Birds$563Sign up
1970s 14 works
- Sold
- 14 of 14
- Median
- $2.7kSign up
- Average
- $7.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 18 in (35 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (7), Lithograph (7)
- Subjects
- —
1972 Grandma's Garden$23.8kSign up
c. 1975 Untitled$14.1kSign up
1976 Fragments$896Sign up
1976 Fragments$508Sign up
1976 Fragments$768Sign up
1976 Fragments$1.5kSign up
1976 Fragments$1.8kSign up
1976 Fragments$1.6kSign up
1976 Fragments$2.3kSign up
c. 1976 Untitled$25kSign up
1976 Untitled$17.5kSign up
1976 Untitled$3.1kSign up
Show 2 more (1970s)
c. 1977 Forget Me Not$4.7kSign up
1979 Reflection$8.8kSign up
1980s 1 work
1990s 17 works
- Sold
- 17 of 17
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 12 in (37 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (12), Lithograph (3), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- —
1998 The Long Memory$896Sign up
1998 The Long Memory$726Sign up
1998 The Long Memory$1.1kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$3.6kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1.1kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1.4kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1.8kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1.6kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$1.4kSign up
Show 5 more (1990s)
1998 The Long Memory$1.9kSign up
1998 The Long Memory$882Sign up
1998 The Long Memory$3.5kSign up
1999 The Sound of Water$2.5kSign up
1999 The Heat of Fire$3.3kSign up
2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
2017 Takin’ a chance on luv$635Sign up
2017 Takin' a chance on luv$1.6kSign up
2020s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 8 in (38 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2015 To Catch a Unicorn$1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $32.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 15.5 in (55 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Unearthing the Future -$92.5kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled$2.3kSign up
sold 2026 Return to Dream Time$1.4kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Betye Saar auction results →