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Abstraction, Belief, Desire, 1981

Not on View

Medium

aquatint, hard and softground etching, and drypoint on Arches 88 paper

Dimensions

plate: 91.2 x 140.3 cm (35 7/8 x 55 1/4 in.)

sheet: 108.3 x 155.9 cm (42 5/8 x 61 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1997.8.208

Artists / Makers

Pat Steir (artist) American, born 1938

Image Use

lower right in graphite: OK TO PRINT / Pat Steir / Sept 4 1981

Acquired by NGA in 1997 directly from Kathan Brown.

Brown, Kathan

1997: Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 4*.

1997: Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 4*.

Abstraction, Belief, Desire, 1981