Kweilin Dreaming [working proof 1]
1989
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chinese woodblock with hand painting by the aritst on silk mounted on Somerset paper 9 WP 1 – woodcut printed in blue on silk, mounted on paper. This is the woodcut element that remains the same throughout the series. It has no hand-work or rubber stamping. It is the base of the print series) [working proof 1]
Dimensions
28 x 34 in.
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.622
About the Artist
Pat Steir
Pat Steir, born Iris Patricia Sukoneck on April 10, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey, to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family, knew from age five that she wanted to be an artist or poet. The eldest daughter of a father who worked in art-adjacent trades like silk-screening and neon sign design, she frequented the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a child. Steir studied at Pratt Institute from 1956 to 1958, the...