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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
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Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

A Walk in the Woods [working proof 2 for Center Panel]

2000

Pat Steir

Associated Names

Pat Steir

Artist, American, 1938 - 2026

Daria Sywulak

Printer, American, born 1960

The image showcases thin, delicate vertical lines of varying density and thickness on a light blue backdrop. The lines resemble the texture of tree bark or rain streaks on a windowpane, evoking natural patterns like wood grain or flowing water.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color soap ground and sugar lift aquatints with aquatint on Somerset paper (Center Panel WP 2 – turquoise aquatint and yellow-green soap ground cut to plate edge) [working proof 2]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

31 x 18 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.647
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 2]

Artwork history & notes

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