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Narrow Waterfall

1991

Pat Steir

Associated Names

Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image shows a rectangular composition filled with vertical drips and splatters of dark blue against a lighter blue background, creating an abstract pattern. The elongated lines and flowing streaks give the impression of a waterfall.

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Artwork overview

Medium

spitbite, sugarlift, and soapground aquatint in blue on Somerset Textured White paper
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

image: 27.3 x 11.4 cm (10 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
sheet: 62.2 x 49.2 cm (24 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

1998.40.462

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in graphite; below plate mark lower left: OK; lower center in border: narrow waterfall; printer's notation lower left

Wikidata ID

Q75415986

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