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Starry Night: September [working proof 1]

1996

Pat Steir

Associated Names

Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Renée Bott

Printer, American, active second half 20th century

The image displays scattered circular shapes of varying sizes on a dark background. The circles range in color from soft yellow to deep red. The composition may suggest splattered paint droplets or celestial bodies. The pattern evokes a sense of cosmic and otherworldly elements.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color soap ground and spit bite aquatints on Somerset paper (WP1 – spit bite and soap ground aquatints with aquatint in black, dark blue, red, yellow) [working proof 1]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

23 x 22 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.626
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 1]

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