Artworks

Alison Saar b. 1956

Black Snake Blues, 1994

Lithograph

28 x 35 in.
71.1 x 88.9 cm

22 of 35

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Further images

View on a Wall

Reclining female figure in yellow gown lying on bed holding her breast with a snake coiled next to her.

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop

Exhibitions

"Afrocosmologies", Wadsworth Atheneum. Dates: 19/10/2019-20/01/2020. Location: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. "An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Allentown Art Museum. Dates: 02/06/2019-01/09/2019. Location: Allentown, PA. Link: https://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibitions/an-essential-presence-the-petrucci-family-foundation- "Figures & Projections", Kutztown University. Dates: 28/10/2021-12/12/2021. Location: Kutztown University "Identities: African American Art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection", Gettysburg College - Schmucker Art Gallery. Dates: 23/01/2015- . Location: Gettysburg, PA. Link: https://www.gettysburg.edu/offices/schmucker-art-gallery/exhibitions/?seasondisplay=s2015 "Ain't I America: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Hampton University. Dates: 25/01/2019-11/05/2019. Location: Hampton University Museum and Archives, 14 Frissell Avenue Hampton, VA 23668. Link: https://home.hamptonu.edu/msm/2019/05/11/collection-four/

Publications

1. Multiple Contributors, (2021), "FIGURES AND PROJECTIONS: Selected Works from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Kutztown University - Figures and Projections, Catalog, Kutztown University, Miller Gallery, Kutztown, PA, Dan Haxall and Karen Stanford, https://issuu.com/millerku/docs/pff_at_ku 2. John S. Welch and Berrisford Boothe, (2016), "Petrucci Family Foundation Collection Envisions its Role as Major Collector and Preservationist of African American Art in the 21st Century", International Review of African American Art, Vol. 26 No. 4, IRAAA - 40th Anniversary Issue, Journal, The Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA, Shakara Thomas and John S. Welch, https://online.hamptonu.edu/product/the-international-review-of-african-american-art-vol-26-no-4-2016-40th-anniversary-issue/

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