This sketchbook page incorporates black-and-white lozenge motifs from a grave monument Saar saw in a cemetery in Jacmel, Haiti. They are combined with imagery seen throughout her work: celestial bodies, a heart, and a burning cross.
Betye SaarPage from Haiti sketchbook, 24 July 1974 Watercolor, ballpoint pen, and ink on paperCourtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. © Betye Saar.photo © Museum Associates/LACMA