Catherine Lee

(American, born 1950)

Catherine Lee is an American artist known for both her sculptures and paintings featuring irregular grids and tile-like patterns. Lee frequently uses black and monochrome colors in her works because she believes it adds a hostile note to her work. “I have a really strong belief in the power of abstraction,” she has said. “My work refers to things in the world tangentially, but it’s not at all representational.” Born in 1950 in Pampa, TX, she went on to receive her BA is studio arts from San Jose State University in California. Influenced by the Minimalist works of Agnes Martin and Robert Ryman, Lee began exploring the grid after relocating to New York in the mid-1970s. The artist cites her childhood landscape of the Texas Panhandle as a major influence on her abstractions. Lee currently lives and works between Wimberely, TX and New York, NY. Her works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, and the Tate Modern in London, among others.

Catherine Lee Artworks

Catherine Lee (60 results)
Utrecht, 1990

Catherine Lee

Utrecht, 1990

Sale Date: June 16, 2020

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Play Light, 1990

Catherine Lee

Play Light, 1990

Sale Date: December 4, 2019

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Tulum, 1990

Catherine Lee

Tulum, 1990

Sale Date: April 20, 2018

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Cupric I and II, 1995

Catherine Lee

Cupric I and II, 1995

Sale Date: November 29, 2017

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Thirdstream, 1989

Catherine Lee

Thirdstream, 1989

Sale Date: September 28, 2017

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San Ildefonso, 1989

Catherine Lee

San Ildefonso, 1989

Sale Date: September 28, 2017

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QUEENS, 1989

Catherine Lee

QUEENS, 1989

Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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Listening Warrior, 1989

Catherine Lee

Listening Warrior, 1989

Sale Date: November 30, 2016

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Ohne Titel, 1992

Catherine Lee

Ohne Titel, 1992

Sale Date: November 19, 2016

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Yucatan, 1990

Catherine Lee

Yucatan, 1990

Sale Date: May 11, 2016

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Untitled, 1996

Catherine Lee

Untitled, 1996

Sale Date: March 6, 2016

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Bering Sea, 1991

Catherine Lee

Bering Sea, 1991

Sale Date: November 23, 2015

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Bracken, 1996

Catherine Lee

Bracken, 1996

Sale Date: September 26, 2015

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Two Fold 9, 1991

Catherine Lee

Two Fold 9, 1991

Sale Date: January 24, 2015

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Geometric (Dancing Gold Var), 1989

Catherine Lee

Geometric (Dancing Gold Var), 1989

Sale Date: July 17, 2014

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Untitled (in 4 parts), 1993

Catherine Lee

Untitled (in 4 parts), 1993

Sale Date: May 17, 2014

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Starnberger See, 1989

Catherine Lee

Starnberger See, 1989

Sale Date: December 6, 2013

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The latter, 1985

Catherine Lee

The latter, 1985

Sale Date: September 28, 2013

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Quebec (in 2 parts), 1989

Catherine Lee

Quebec (in 2 parts), 1989

Sale Date: June 11, 2012

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Quartet, 1990

Catherine Lee

Quartet, 1990

Sale Date: March 24, 2012

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Kodiak, 1988

Catherine Lee

Kodiak, 1988

Sale Date: August 9, 2009

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Komposition in schwarz, rot und blau (from..., 1990

Catherine Lee

Komposition in schwarz, rot und blau (from..., 1990

Sale Date: December 6, 2008

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Komposition in schwarz, rot und gelb (from..., 1987

Catherine Lee

Komposition in schwarz, rot und gelb (from..., 1987

Sale Date: December 6, 2008

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East River (in 2 parts), 1987

Catherine Lee

East River (in 2 parts), 1987

Sale Date: May 10, 2008

Auction Closed