Pat Steir
Big Fall, Black and White

Big Fall, Black and White

© Pat Steir. Courtesy Lévy Gorvy.

Big Fall, Black and White
Big Fall, Black and White
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Big Fall, Black and White
Date1991
PlaceUnited States
MediumRosin reversal, soapground, and spitbite aquatint etching, edition 1/20
DimensionsPlate: 35 3/4 × 44 3/4 in. (90.8 × 113.7 cm)
Sheet: 41 3/4 × 50 in. (106 × 127 cm)
Credit LineGift of Crown Point Press
Object number91.1332
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Singular and Plural: Recent Accessions, Post-War Drawings and Prints," MFAH, June 6 - August 8, 1992.

"Acid on Metal: The Art of Etching and Aquatint," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 September - 27 November 2011.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Embossed under image, lower right: "Crown Point Press/ Brian Shure" and logo.
Signed "Pat Steir" in pencil under image, lower right, annotated "1/20" before artist's signature and "91" after artist's signature, also in pencil.

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