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Starry Night: October

1996

Pat Steir

Associated Names

Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

The image shows splattered rounded shapes and speckles across a canvas. The shapes are red and orange on a dark brown background. In the center, there is a larger cluster.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color soapground aquatint on wove Somerset paper
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

plate: 50.5 x 45.7 cm (19 7/8 x 18 in.)
sheet: 71 x 64.9 cm (27 15/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

2006.122.138

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Starry Night: October / OKTP 1996 P.S.; lower right verso in graphite: Steir: Starry Night: October OKTP

Wikidata ID

Q76349500

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