May 23, 2024 - Sale 2670

Sale 2670 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 8,000
Steir, Pat (b. 1940)
Waterfall Three Oversized Silkscreen Prints.

1) Blue and Yellow Singel Mark Waterfall. 2004. Number 64 of 75, numbered, signed, and dated by Steir in pencil on the lower blank margin.

2) Green and Silver Single Mark Waterfall. 2004. Number 61 of 75, numbered, signed, and dated by Steir in pencil on the lower blanks margin; 63 x 31 in.

3) Big Red with many Colors Dark Mark Waterfall. Number 69 of 75, numbered, signed, and dated by Steir in pencil on the lower blank margin; each print measures 63 x 35 1/2 in. (3)

The Waterfall prints are derived from a series of large-scale paintings that Steir began working on in 1988. In this work, "gravity makes the image," in Steir's words. Flung ink is allowed to make its own way down a vertical surface, creating a meditation on action and its effects.