Pat Steir

Abstraction, Belief, Desire
1981

A vibrant, abstract print featuring three panels with a variety of geometric shapes and scribbles. The left panel has a red background with white geometric shapes, the middle panel shows a yellow background with a large orange triangle and scattered circles, and the right panel has a red and blue grid with abstract figures. The top of the image includes yellow, blue, and red shapes resembling game pieces. The word "FORM" is visible at the bottom of the left panel.
A vibrant, abstract print featuring three panels with a variety of geometric shapes and scribbles. The left panel has a red background with white geometric shapes, the middle panel shows a yellow background with a large orange triangle and scattered circles, and the right panel has a red and blue grid with abstract figures. The top of the image includes yellow, blue, and red shapes resembling game pieces. The word "FORM" is visible at the bottom of the left panel.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 42 1/4 × 61 1/8in. (107.3 × 155.3 cm) Plate: 35 11/16 × 54 15/16in. (90.7 × 139.6 cm)

Accession number
2004.8

Edition
AP 7/10 | Ed. 35, TP

Publication
Printed and published by Crown Point Press

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Pat Steir

API
artworks/21230

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