The Sapphire Show (1970) was the first survey of African American women artists in Los Angeles and, likely, the United States.
Featuring Yvonne Meo along with Gloria Bohanon, Suzanne Jackson, Betye Saar, Senga Nengudi (formerly Sue Irons) and Eileen Nelson (formerly Eileen Abdulrashid), this collaborative project was staged over the Independence Day weekend in 1970 at Gallery 32, the experimental space run by Suzanne Jackson from her loft in the Mediterranean Revival Granada Buildings in Los Angeles from 1969 to 1970.
The show lasted only five days but was an integral moment for African American women artists and the growing Black Arts Movement in Los Angeles.
[4][5] Yvonne Cole Meo, Le Dilettante (1965)[6] Take 2 (1994) Fisher Gallery, USC in collaboration with the California Afro American Museum and LAX/94[7] African American artists in Los Angeles sponsored by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.
Among the artist's sold works is Cotton is Still King #4, which realized US$1,000 at Swann Auction Galleries in 2017[11] Yvonne Olivia Cole was married to businessman Eugene Meo in 1959.