Pat Steir - 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Baldwin Gallery, Aspen
    Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
    Cheim & Read, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Aspen, Baldwin Gallery, Pat Steir: New Paintings, November 29 - December 24, 2002

  • Catalogue Essay

    “I’ve been making gestures in air long enough to know more or less how they’ll hit the canvas. The thing that I always have to force myself to do is let the paint hit the canvas, walk away and let it do its thing.” Pat Steir

378

Perfect Sea Evening

signed with the artist's initials and dated "PS 96 PS 96" on the overlap
oil on canvas
66 x 65 5/8 in. (167.6 x 166.7 cm.)
Painted in 1996.

Estimate
$200,000 - 300,000 

Sold for $350,000

Contact Specialist
Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York
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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019