<I>Spring-Summer-Fall-Winter (Girl to Woman)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1977
name: label: Created by
content: Betye Irene Saar, American, born 1926
notes: label: Description
content: A framed mixed media collage on a handkerchief titled “Spring-Summer-Fall-Winter (Girl to Woman), Handkerchief Series” by Betye Saar. The handkerchief is white with a yellow polka dot pattern. At the center of the handkerchief is a yellow square with a slightly smaller white square layered on top. Photographs of girls and women have been cut out and placed across the bottom edge of the white square. There are three yellow butterflies, one center top of the white square and one on either side of the cut out photographs. At the bottom corners of the yellow square are two flowers attached. Outside of the upper left corner of the yellow square, on the yellow polka dot pattern, is a crescent moon.
label: Description
content: The handkerchief is signed by the artist within the artwork, [Betye Saar ‘77].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Handkerchief Series
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.40ab
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
label: Type
content: handkerchiefs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Betye Irene Saar
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: mixed media collage on cotton handkerchief
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unframed): 12 1/2 × 13 in. (31.8 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 17 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (43.8 × 43.8 cm)