Pat Steir

Pat Steir 1938 - 2026 Red Tree, Blue Sky, Blue Water (Triptych). 1984. Oil on canvas, 3 parts. The first two sections of the painting are monogrammed and dated on the folded canvas. The third section of the painting is signed on the folded canvas. The first section of the painting is also titled on the stretcher. Each panel is numbered in sequence, as well as inscribed “TOP” and with a direction arrow on the folded canvas. Overall dimensions (excluding gaps): 152.5 x 457.5 cm (60 x 180.1 in). Each: 152,5 x 152,5 cm (60 x 60 in). [CH]. • Using a wide variety of painting techniques, Pat Steir creates dynamic, immersive visual worlds. • A trip to Japan in the early 1980s and her exploration of Japanese and Chinese landscape painting proved to be formative for her artistic work at that time. • Paintings by the late artist are in the most important American collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. • Art critic Andrew Russeth described her in his obituary as “one of the key artists of her generation” (New York Times, March 25, 2026). PROVENANCE: Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam. Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the above in 1985). Private collection (acquired from the above, Tajan, Paris). EXHIBITION: Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, 1984. Vincent van Gogh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1987. LITERATURE: Doris von Drathen, Pat Steir Paintings, Milan 2007, pp. 150ff. (with ill.). “I’m not trying to do something to you. I’m not trying to make you see yourself. [.] I’m giving you the opportunity to stand there and become part of the painting. But if you want to walk by, there’s nothing stopping you.” Pat Steir in a conversation with Julia Felsenthal, in: New York Times Style Magazine, July 21, 2020, quoted from: Andrew Russeth, Pat Steir, Painter of Luminous ‘Waterfalls,’ Dies at 87,” in: New York Times, March 25, 2026 87, in: New York Times, 25.3.2026. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 18.22 h +/- 20 min.

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