Pat Steir

Pat Steir

American · 1938–2026 · Painter, Printmaker

Iris Patricia Steir was an American painter and printmaker. Her early work was loosely associated with conceptual art and minimalism, however, she was best known for her… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Pat Steir, Elective Affinity Waterfall, 1992, oil on canvasElective Affinity WaterfallPhillips · $2,295,000≈ £1,698,113≈ €1,944,091Sign up to see
  2. Pat Steir, Monk Tuyu Meditating Waterfall, 1991, oil on canvasMonk Tuyu Meditating WaterfallPhillips · $800,000≈ £624,561≈ €714,094Sign up to see
  3. Pat Steir, Calming Waterfall, 1989, oil on canvasCalming WaterfallPhillips · £381,000≈ $501,929≈ €432,102Sign up to see

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Iris Patricia Steir was an American painter and printmaker. Her early work was loosely associated with conceptual art and minimalism, however, she was best known for her abstract dripped, splashed and poured "Waterfall" paintings, which she started in the 1980s, and for her later site-specific wall drawings.

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Born 1938, NewarkDied 2026, ManhattanOccupation Painter, Printmaker, IllustratorWikidata Q7144042 ↗ULAN 500025304 ↗

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TateMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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Also known as Iris Patricia Sukoneck

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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