Pat Steir

(American, born 1940)

Pat Steir is an influential American painter. Best known for her Waterfall series of splashed, dripping pigment on canvas, her work is influenced by Color Field painting, Abstract Expressionism, and Taoist philosophy. Steir’s eclectic practice is characterized by an interest in aesthetic degradation, wherein she frequently breaks down her large, washy paintings into semblances of itself. "I wanted to destroy images as symbols,” the artist has said. “To make the image a symbol for a symbol. I had to act it out, make the image, and cross it out. No imagery, but at the same time endless imagery. Every nuance of paint texture worked as an image.” Born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, she received her BFA from the Pratt Institute in New York in 1962 and befriended and studied with many influential Conceptual and Minimalist artists of the day, including Sol Lewitt, Agnes Martin, and Lawrence Weiner. Steir has gained widespread acclaim for her representational and abstract works, holding solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum in 1984, and being represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.

Pat Steir Artworks

Pat Steir (640 results)
Top of Niagara Daylight Waterfall, 1993

Pat Steir

Top of Niagara Daylight Waterfall, 1993

Sale Date: November 14, 2018

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Shape of Water, 2003

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Shape of Water, 2003

Sale Date: November 15, 2018

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Girl Jumping and Screaming, 1964

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Girl Jumping and Screaming, 1964

Sale Date: November 15, 2018

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Target, 1965

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Target, 1965

Sale Date: November 15, 2018

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Double White on Black, 2009

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Double White on Black, 2009

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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Philadelphia waterfall, 1995

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Philadelphia waterfall, 1995

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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RED AND BLUE BERLIN WATERFALL, 1993

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RED AND BLUE BERLIN WATERFALL, 1993

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Sunflower, 1986

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Sunflower, 1986

Sale Date: October 23, 2018

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TYNE PANORAMA 1, 1990

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TYNE PANORAMA 1, 1990

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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Shape Of Water

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Shape Of Water

Sale Date: July 7, 2018

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LAMA GHOST, 2006

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LAMA GHOST, 2006

Sale Date: June 26, 2018

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Calming Waterfall, 1989

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Calming Waterfall, 1989

Sale Date: June 27, 2018

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Big Fall, 1991

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Big Fall, 1991

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Elective Affinity Waterfall, 1992

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Elective Affinity Waterfall, 1992

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Tiny Waterfall, 2004

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Tiny Waterfall, 2004

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Berlin Waterfall, 1993

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Berlin Waterfall, 1993

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Red and Blue Berlin Waterfall, 1993

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Red and Blue Berlin Waterfall, 1993

Sale Date: May 11, 2018

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The Tree After Hiroshige, 1984

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The Tree After Hiroshige, 1984

Sale Date: May 11, 2018

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Five plates from Drawing Lesson, Part II:..., 1978

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Five plates from Drawing Lesson, Part II:..., 1978

Sale Date: May 11, 2018

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Starry Night (set of four works), 1996

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Starry Night (set of four works), 1996

Sale Date: March 29, 2018

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Self Portrait with Toothache after Rembrandt, 1987

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Self Portrait with Toothache after Rembrandt, 1987

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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ZEN TREE [TRIPTYCH, 1983

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ZEN TREE [TRIPTYCH, 1983

Sale Date: March 2, 2018

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Hungry Ghost, 2000–2002

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Hungry Ghost, 2000–2002

Sale Date: March 1, 2018

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Daybreak, 1993

Pat Steir

Daybreak, 1993

Sale Date: January 18, 2018

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