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The Direction of Water [working proof 13]

1991

Pat Steir

Associated Names

Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Medium

spitbite, soapground and soft-ground aquatint in black, touched with graphite on Somerset textured paper [working proof]
Credit Line

Gift of Crown Point Press and the Artist, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

plate: 90.1 x 113.3 cm (35 1/2 x 44 5/8 in.)
sheet: 104.7 x 138.9 cm (41 1/4 x 54 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.235.17

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Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: 2; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: PAT STEIR -DIRECTION OF WATER WP*13 NGA

Wikidata ID

Q75117793

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