Eshu (The Trickster) by Betye Saar
Art Institute of Chicago

Eshu (The Trickster)

Betye Saar · 1971

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago (through Roberts & Tilton Gallery), 2018.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Berkeley Art Center, Black Girl’s Window, Dec. 14, 1972–Jan. 25, 1973, no cat.
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, Merril Library Gallery, Betye Saar, May 19–June 17, 1973, no cat.
  • California State University, Los Angeles, Fine Arts Gallery, Betye Saar: Selected Works 1964–1973, Oct. 1–25, 1973, cat. 36. (as Eshu’s Game, 1972).
  • Los Angeles, The Gallery, Goin’ to Chicago, Feb. 24–Mar. 2, 1974, no cat. (as Eshu’s Game).
  • Palos Verdes Art Museum, Three Women Artists, July 28—Sept. 1, 1974, no cat. (as Eshu’s Game).

Literature

Published references

  • James Rondeau, Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 175 (color ill.).

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