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Everlasting Waterfall

In her Waterfall series, Pat Steir has explored the imagery of water, continuing her fascination with landscape. This work, which verges on abstraction, is nevertheless an evocative representation of a waterfall. The artist applied a number of horizontal brushstrokes loaded with thinned paint at the top of the canvas, and the paint streamed down in lines, drips, and rivulets, emulating the properties of water.

• Artist: Pat Steir, American, born 1940
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dates: 1989
• Dimensions: 108 1/2 x 95in. (275.6 x 241.3cm)
• Collections: Contemporary Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1990.109
• Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by the Contemporary Art Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan, and Gift of Edward A. Bragaline, by exchange
• Rights Statement: © Pat Steir

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• Caption: Pat Steir (American, born 1940). Everlasting Waterfall, 1989. Oil on canvas, 108 1/2 x 95in. (275.6 x 241.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by the Contemporary Art Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan, and Gift of Edward A. Bragaline, by exchange, 1990.109. © Pat Steir
• Image: Overall, 1990.109_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
Pat Steir (American, born 1940). Everlasting Waterfall, 1989. Oil on canvas, 108 1/2 x 95in. (275.6 x 241.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by the Contemporary Art Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan, and Gift of Edward A. Bragaline, by exchange, 1990.109. © Pat Steir (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.109_PS2.jpg)