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A Walk in the Woods [working proof 5 for Right Panel]

2000

Pat Steir

Associated Names

Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Daria Sywulak

Printer, American, born 1960

The image shows an arrangement of vertical lines cascading down in a monochromatic blue palette. The lines create a sense of depth and texture, resembling elongated drops or streaks. The delicate lines evoke the appearance of trickling water on a window pane during a rainstorm or the patterns of tree bark.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color soap ground and sugar lift aquatints with aquatint on Somerset paper (Right Panel WP 5 – light blue aquatint, dark blue soap ground) [working proof 5]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

31 x 18 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.653
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 5]

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