The Tree after Hiroshige

1984

Pat Steir

Associated Names
Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image displays multiple rectangles filled with intersecting lines and swirling forms of various colors. The composition features vibrant hues of blue, red, and yellow, with red and blue lines interweaving across a gridded background. The shapes and patterns evoke a sense of complexity and movement. The use of grid lines hints at a connection to technical drawings or a geometric framework, coupled with freeform, organic markings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint, softground and hardground etching, and drypoint on Arches paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 61 x 91.4 cm (24 x 36 in.)
    sheet: 81.3 x 108.9 cm (32 x 42 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.472

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite and blue ink, lower right corner: Pat Steir July 1984 OK to Print; printer's notation in graphite at lower left: ultramarine - with more thalo.

Wikidata ID

Q75417738

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