Framed Waterfall

1991

Pat Steir

Associated Names
Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image shows an abstract composition with a rectangular frame filled with linear and drip-like shapes. In the center are vertical blue lines cascading downward, surrounded by a red brick-like or lattice border. The artwork conveys a sense of rain or a waterfall within a simple frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    spitbite, sugarlift, and soapground aquatint in red and blue on Somerset Textured white paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.3 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 63.2 x 48.9 cm (24 7/8 x 19 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.459

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite below plate mark; lower right: OK P. Steir; lower center in border: Framed waterfall; printer's notations in lower left corner

Wikidata ID

Q75415979

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