Lot Essay
“I wanted my paintings to have—or even be about—an awareness of origins, of history.”
— Pat Steir
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Autumn—The Wave After Courbet as Though Painted by Turner Influenced by the Chinese
Details
Pat Steir (b. 1940)
Autumn—The Wave After Courbet as Though Painted by Turner Influenced by the Chinese
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'PS 86' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
82 ¾ x 178 in. (210 x 452 cm.)
Painted in 1986.
Autumn—The Wave After Courbet as Though Painted by Turner Influenced by the Chinese
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'PS 86' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
82 ¾ x 178 in. (210 x 452 cm.)
Painted in 1986.
Provenance
Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, London
Private collection, London
Literature
S. Muchnic, "La Cienega Area", Los Angeles Times, 6 June 1986.
P. Steir, J. Yau and B. Weidel, Dazzling Water, Dazzling Light, Seattle, 2000, p. 12, no. 4 (illustrated).
D. Clarke, "Paths to Dissolution: Water and Abstract Art," Art Criticism, vol. 24, no. 1, 2009, pp. 58-60 and 68.
D. Clarke, Water and Art: A Cross-Cultural Study of Water as Subject and Medium in Modern and Contemporary Artistic Practice, London, 2010, pp. 163-165 and 167, no. 62 (illustrated).
R. Rubinstein, Reinventing Abstraction: New York Painting in the 1980s, exh. cat., New York, Cheim & Read, 2013, n.p.
P. Steir, J. Yau and B. Weidel, Dazzling Water, Dazzling Light, Seattle, 2000, p. 12, no. 4 (illustrated).
D. Clarke, "Paths to Dissolution: Water and Abstract Art," Art Criticism, vol. 24, no. 1, 2009, pp. 58-60 and 68.
D. Clarke, Water and Art: A Cross-Cultural Study of Water as Subject and Medium in Modern and Contemporary Artistic Practice, London, 2010, pp. 163-165 and 167, no. 62 (illustrated).
R. Rubinstein, Reinventing Abstraction: New York Painting in the 1980s, exh. cat., New York, Cheim & Read, 2013, n.p.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Kuhlenschmidt / Simon Gallery, Pat Steir: New Paintings, June 1986.
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Pat Steir, February-April 1990, pp. 4 and 52 (illustrated).
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Pat Steir, February-April 1990, pp. 4 and 52 (illustrated).
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Isabella Lauria
“I wanted my paintings to have—or even be about—an awareness of origins, of history.”
— Pat Steir