Mixed Marks, Rorshach with Symbols in Corners

2004

Pat Steir

Associated Names
Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Catherine Brooks

Printer, American, active early 21st century

Case Hudson

Printer, American, born 1968

Rachel Fuller

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image shows a square composition with swirling blue shapes, akin to ink droplets or water on a marbled surface. Various lines, straight and curved, intersect and overlap. A red circle is in the upper right corner, with smaller elements like a square on the top left and a diamond on the bottom right. The design evokes a map or weather pattern, blending structured lines with organic fluidity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color sugarlift and spitbite aquatint with softground etching and drypoint on wove Somerset paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.6 x 50.6 cm (19 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 73.7 x 71 cm (29 x 27 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.122.130

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA from Kathan Brown, San Francisco, 2006.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: OK TP; lower right in graphite: Pat Steir 12/04; across lower center verso in graphite: image#6 card graph indigo pruss/ex pmss/514/ex

Wikidata ID

Q76349474

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