Pat Steir
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Market position
Research updated
Auction record
Set in 2018 following a breakout 2017 in which her record was broken three consecutive times
Auction highlights
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| Work | Result | Venue and date |
|---|---|---|
| Elective Affinity Waterfall | 2,295,000 (currency not stated) | Phillips New York, 2018 |
| Brussels Group: Misty Mountain Waterfall | 396,500 (currency not stated) | Auction (New York), 2017 |
| Gold and Silver Moon Beam | 396,500 (currency not stated) | Day sale (New York), 2017 |
3 further auction entries on record for Pat Steir — inside Egon.
Auction record
- Notes
- Set in 2018 following a breakout 2017 in which her record was broken three consecutive times
- Price
- $2,295,000
- Title
- Elective Affinity Waterfall
- Venue
- Phillips New York
- Currency
- USD
- Sale date
- 2018
- Year created
- 1992
Collector base
Composition
Institutional collectors (major museums), sophisticated private collectors of Abstract Expressionism, feminist art history collectors, international collectors (particularly strong European and Chinese interest given Long Museum Shanghai 2021 survey)
- Demand patterns
- Waterfall series commands premium; prints provide accessible entry point for new collectors; posthumous demand expected to broaden
- Notable institutional collectors
- Crystal Bridges Museum (Walton family), Fondation Cartier (Paris), Hirshhorn, Barnes Foundation — all confirmed holdings
Auction history
Liquidity
- Market depth
- Deep print/multiple market provides broad base; thin ultra-premium market for record-level works
- Accessibility
- Wide price range from $500 prints to $2M+ paintings enables broad collector spectrum
- Annual trading volume
- Estimated 20–50+ lots annually across all mediums and price tiers globally
Sell through rate
- Note
- Limited buy-in data available from historical sources; sell-through generally high for major works
- Our database 2025
- 100% (1/1 sold)
- Historical estimate
- Strong — multiple sources confirm robust demand particularly for Waterfall series
Pricing by category
Works on paper
- Note
- Drawings, studies, works on paper
- Range
- $5,000–$50,000
Mid size paintings
- Note
- Works 30–80 in., single-panel Waterfall compositions, non-record series
- Range
- $50,000–$300,000
Prints and multiples
- Note
- Aquatints, lithographs, etching editions; Crown Point Press and Exit Art prints; highly accessible entry point
- Range
- $500–$20,000
Major waterfall paintings large canvas
- Note
- Monumental works (80 in.+), important series titles, major exhibition provenance command top prices
- Range
- $300,000–$2,295,000
Price range all time
- Low
- 100
- High
- 2295000
- Note
- Low end represents small prints/multiples; high end is major Waterfall oil on canvas
- Currency
- USD
Primary market access
- Note
- Contact Hauser & Wirth for primary market pricing on recent works and estate holdings; prices not publicly disclosed at primary level
- Gallery
- Hauser & Wirth
- Total lots catalogued
- 634+ (MutualArt); 745+ artworks tracked on Artnet
Posthumous market outlook
- Risk
- Secondary market previously subject to price volatility (post-2018 correction from peak); estate strategy will be critical
- Death date
- March 25, 2026
Expected dynamic
Posthumous premium typical within 12–24 months post-death; supply finitude now established; estate management by Hauser & Wirth likely to support careful market stewardship
- Historical precedent
- Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner — female abstract painters whose markets strengthened significantly posthumously
Historical price trajectory
- Pre 2017
- Slow, steady growth; modest secondary market for prints and smaller works; limited blue-chip attention for major Waterfall paintings
- 2018 peak
- Record set at $2,295,000 for 'Elective Affinity Waterfall' at Phillips New York — established blue-chip status
2019 2023
Market consolidated post-peak; continued strong secondary market for Waterfall paintings in $100,000–$600,000 range; active print/multiple market in $1,000–$20,000 range
2024 2025
Market remained active: Christie's offered 'Waterfall for a Mature Bride' (99.5 x 94 in.) Nov 2025; 'The Austria Group, No. 7' sold $101,600 at Sotheby's Oct 2025 (exceeded high estimate); multiple print lots active at Rago, Christie's, and smaller houses
2017 breakout
Auction record broken three times within single year — 'Brussels Group: Misty Mountain Waterfall' (1991) sold $396,500 (doubled $150,000 high estimate); 'Gold and Silver Moon Beam' (2006) fetched $396,500 at same estimates at a day sale in May 2017; Lévy Gorvy sold 'Untitled' (2004) large canvas privately at EXPO Chicago
2026 posthumous
Death on March 25, 2026 introduces typical posthumous premium dynamic; estate/Hauser & Wirth representation likely to manage supply carefully; 4 upcoming lots confirmed in our database
Peer comparables
- Note
- 2017–2018 breakout paralleled major feminist art market reappraisal; category tailwinds remain strong
- Market tier
- Comparable to late Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell (deceased female abstract painters represented by major galleries)
Price positioning
Record of $2.295M positions her below Joan Mitchell ($20M+) but above many mid-career female abstractionists — appropriate for her historical importance
Institutional presence
Research updated
Awards and honors
- Year
- 1973
- Award
- National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant
- Year
- 1976
- Award
- National Endowment for the Arts Art in Public Institutions Grant
- Note
- Highly competitive national fellowship — peak critical recognition
- Year
- 1982
- Award
- Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts
Pratt Institute
- Year
- 1991
- Award
- Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts
- Year
- 2001
- Award
- Boston University School for the Arts Distinguished Alumni Award
Moore College of Art & Design
- Year
- 2015
- Award
- Visionary Woman Award
- Note
- The highest recognition for US arts practitioners
- Year
- 2016
- Award
- Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
Museum collections
Tier 1 us
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| Note | Location | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent collection confirmed | New York, NY | Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) |
| Permanent collection confirmed; 60 works verified via museum API | New York, NY | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Permanent collection confirmed | New York, NY | Whitney Museum of American Art |
| Permanent collection confirmed | Washington, D.C. | National Gallery of Art |
| Permanent collection + major solo installation 'Color Wheel' (2019–2021) | Washington, D.C. | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden |
| Group exhibition 1964; permanent collection confirmed | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Permanent collection confirmed | San Francisco, CA | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) |
| Multiple works confirmed via museum API; Archives of American Art holds oral history interview | Washington, D.C. | Smithsonian Institution |
| Works confirmed via museum API | Chicago, IL | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Works confirmed via museum API | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Tier 2 regional
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| Note | Location | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent collection | Bentonville, AR | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
| Permanent collection | Denver, CO | Denver Art Museum |
| Permanent collection | Buffalo, NY | Buffalo AKG Art Museum |
| Permanent collection | Phoenix, AZ | Phoenix Art Museum |
| Permanent collection | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Museum of Art |
| Permanent collection | Omaha, NE | Joslyn Museum |
| Permanent collection | The Hague, Netherlands | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
| Permanent collection | Bern, Switzerland | Kunstmuseum Bern |
| Permanent collection | Dublin, Ireland | Irish Museum of Modern Art |
| Permanent collection | Lyon, France | Musée d'Art Contemporain |
| Permanent collection | Grenoble, France | Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble |
| Permanent collection + first comprehensive China survey 2021 | Shanghai, China | Long Museum (West Bund) |
- Total museum count
- 30+ confirmed institutions across US, UK, Europe, Asia
Tier 1 international
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| Note | Location | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent collection; major retrospective held | London, UK | Tate Gallery |
| Permanent collection confirmed | Paris, France | Louvre Museum |
| Permanent collection confirmed | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Rijksmuseum |
| Permanent collection confirmed | Paris, France | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain |
Solo exhibition history
First solo exhibition
- Year
- 1964
- Venue
- Terry Dintenfass Gallery
- Location
- New York
Major retrospective
- Note
- Landmark international retrospective
- Year
- 1990s
- Venue
- Tate Gallery
- Location
- London, UK
Traveling exhibition
- Note
- Traveled throughout Europe
- Year
- 1990s
- Venue
- Brooklyn Museum / New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Location
- New York / Europe
Pat Steir: Blue River
- Year
- 2013
- Venue
- National Academy Museum
- Location
- New York
Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line
- Note
- Traveling show
- Year
- 2010
- Venue
- Museum of Art, RISD → Neuberger Museum
- Location
- Providence RI / New York
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Silent Secret Waterfalls
- Year
- 2019
- Venue
- Barnes Foundation
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
Color Wheel
- Note
- Site-specific installation
- Year
- 2019–2021
- Venue
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
First comprehensive survey in China
- Year
- 2021
- Venue
- Long Museum (West Bund)
- Location
- Shanghai, China
Painted Rain
- Note
- Blue-toned works; exploration of chromatic depth
- Year
- February–May 2024
- Venue
- Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Song
- Note
- First European solo with gallery; new suite of paintings; opened during Zurich Art Weekend 2025; accompanied by new monograph
- Year
- July 2025
- Venue
- Hauser & Wirth Zurich
- Location
- Zurich, Switzerland
Publications and monographs
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| Note | Year | Title | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New monograph dedicated to recent work, accompanying 'Song' exhibition at Zurich | 2025 | Pat Steir (monograph) | Hauser & Wirth Publishers | Not supplied |
| Primary archival resource; discusses career, influences, feminist advocacy | Not supplied | Oral History Interview with Pat Steir | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | March 1–2, 2008 |
Significant group exhibitions
- Year
- 1964
- Venue
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Year
- 1964
- Venue
- Museum of Modern Art
- Year
- 2004
- Venue
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Year
- 2006
- Venue
- Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
- Location
- Mexico City
- Year
- 2006
- Venue
- ZKM
- Location
- Karlsruhe, Germany
- Year
- 2013
- Venue
- AC Institute
- Location
- New York
- Year
- 2013
- Venue
- Castello Svevo
- Location
- Bari, Italy
Career & Biography
Research updated
Identity
- Gender
- Female
- Known as
- Pat Steir
- Death age
- 87
- Full name
- Iris Patricia Steir (née Sukoneck)
- Birth date
- April 10, 1938
- Death date
- March 25, 2026
- Birth place
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Career span
- 1962–2026 (64 years active)
- Death cause
- Natural causes
- Death place
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Nationality
- American
- Getty ulan ID
- 500025304
Education
- Notable
- Rejected a scholarship to Smith College in favor of Pratt to pursue art
Institutions
Pratt Institute
- Notes
- Studied under Richard Lindner and Philip Guston; influential early contact with two major 20th-century figures
- Years
- 1956–1958
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
Boston University College of Fine Arts
- Notes
- Studied art and philosophy; interdisciplinary training shaped her conceptual framework
- Years
- 1958–1960
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
Pratt Institute
- Notes
- Returned to complete degree; graduated 1962
- Years
- 1960–1962
- Degree
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
Key teachers
- Richard Lindner
- Philip Guston
Personal life
Activism
Founding board member of Heresies feminist journal (1977); pioneer for women artists' recognition in male-dominated New York art world; archives of oral history interview at Smithsonian/Archives of American Art (2008)
Marriages
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| Spouse | Status |
|---|---|
| Merle Steir | Early, brief marriage; kept the surname Steir professionally throughout her life |
| Joost Elffers | Later marriage; survived her at time of death |
- Family background
- Russian Jewish heritage; parents both aspired to be artists but failed commercially — did not encourage her initially, yet she persisted
Career timeline
- Year
- 1962
- Event
- Graduated Pratt Institute with BFA; began professional artistic career
- Year
- 1963
- Event
- First group show at High Museum, Atlanta
- Year
- 1964
Event
Work exhibited in group shows at Philadelphia Museum of Art and MoMA — among first women artists to gain real traction in New York's male-dominated art scene
- Year
- 1964
- Event
- First solo show at Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
- Year
- 1964–1969
- Event
- Art Director at Harper & Row publishing; worked as book illustrator and designer to sustain artistic practice
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- Year
- Early 1970s
- Event
- Teaching career began: Parsons School of Design, Princeton University, CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)
- Year
- 1973
- Event
- Moved to Los Angeles to teach at CalArts; contact with West Coast art scene
- Year
- 1977
- Event
- Co-founded Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics; landmark feminist journal in the art world
- Year
- Late 1970s
- Event
- Founding board member of Printed Matter bookshop, New York — advocacy for artists' books and publications
- Year
- 1982
- Event
- Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts; Artforum publishes major critical essay by Ted Castle
- Year
- 1988
Event
Created first 'Waterfall' painting — pivotal shift inaugurating signature series; method: pouring thinned oil paint from atop a ladder onto monumental canvases
- Year
- 1990
- Event
- 'Sixteen Waterfalls of Dreams, Memories, and Sentiment' (1990) — major multi-panel Waterfall work
- Year
- 1991
- Event
- Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute
- Year
- 1990s
Event
International recognition for Waterfall series; exhibitions at Tate Gallery London, Brooklyn Museum, New Museum of Contemporary Art (touring Europe)
- Year
- 2001
- Event
- Boston University School for the Arts Distinguished Alumni Award
- Year
- 2013
- Event
- National Academy Museum, NY: solo 'Pat Steir: Blue River'
- Year
- 2015
- Event
- Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art & Design
- Year
- 2016
- Event
- Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Year
- 2017
- Event
- Breakthrough auction year — auction record broken three times within a single year, culminating in 2018 record
- Year
- 2018
- Event
- Auction record set at $2,295,000 for 'Elective Affinity Waterfall' (1992) at Phillips New York
- Year
- 2019
- Event
- Major solo installations: 'Silent Secret Waterfalls' at Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; 'Color Wheel' at Hirshhorn Museum (2019–2021)
- Year
- 2021
- Event
- First comprehensive survey exhibition in China at Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai
- Year
- 2024
- Event
- 'Painted Rain' solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood (February–May 2024) — exploration of blue-toned works
- Year
- 2025
- Event
- 'Song' solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zurich (July 2025) — first solo show with gallery in Europe; new monograph published
- Year
- March 25, 2026
- Event
- Died of natural causes in Manhattan at age 87; confirmed by husband Joost Elffers and niece Lily Sukoneck-Cohen
Studio practice
- Scale
- Works range from intimate prints to monumental multi-panel canvases spanning entire gallery walls
Method
For Waterfall paintings: stood atop ladders or in the basket of a cherry-picker, sending thinned oil paint cascading down the surface of monumental canvases; result governed by gravity and chance
- Location
- Primarily New York City (Manhattan)
- Materials
- Oil paint, aquatint, lithography, spit-bite, soap ground, sugar-lift aquatint; Crown Point Press collaborations for printmaking
Artistic influences
- Literary
- Early desire to become a poet; maintained strong literary advocacy throughout career
- Philosophical
- Deep engagement with Eastern philosophy (Taoism) and its embrace of chance, gravity, and natural process as artistic agents
Art historical
- Abstract Expressionism
- Color Field painting
- Taoist philosophy
- Chinese landscape painting (Song Dynasty)
- Minimalism
- Conceptual Art
Direct teachers
- Richard Lindner
- Philip Guston
Acknowledged mentors
- Agnes Martin — described as Steir's longtime mentor; influence on egoless production and process-based painting
Artistic Profile
Research updated
Themes
- The relationship between control and chance in artistic production
- Gravity as a creative force
- The sublime in nature — water, light, atmosphere
- Eastern philosophy: Taoism, non-attachment, flow
- Art historical dialogue — explicit homage to predecessors (Barnett Newman 'zip' paintings, Song Dynasty landscape painting)
- Feminist authorship — questioning the 'heroic gesture' of male Abstract Expressionism
- Process transparency — foregrounding the making of the work itself
Movements
- Abstract Expressionism (mature/late career)
- Process Art
- Feminist Art
- Conceptual Art (early career)
- Post-Minimalism
- Color Field (influence)
- Postwar American Art
Signature series
Waterfall Paintings
- Started
- 1988
Description
Monumental poured oil canvases made by sending thinned paint cascading from a ladder or cherry-picker; spans dozens of sub-series including 'Brussels Group,' 'Austria Group,' 'Elective Affinity,' 'Silent Secret,' 'Gold and Silver,' 'Misty Mountain,' 'Sixteen Waterfalls of Dreams Memories and Sentiment'
- Market significance
- Highest auction values; iconic series that defined her legacy
Wall Drawings
- Period
- 1970s–2000s
- Description
- Immersive site-specific installations adapting her painting language to architectural scale
Printed Works
- Period
- 1960s–2020s
Description
Extensive printmaking practice in parallel with painting; collaborations with Crown Point Press and Exit Art NY; represents accessible market entry point
Mediums and materials
- Drawing
- Works on paper; wall drawings
- Primary
- Oil paint on canvas (Waterfall series)
- Photography
- Listed as professional role in Getty ULAN (supplementary practice)
Printmaking
Aquatint, lithography, etching, spit-bite aquatint, soap ground aquatint, sugar-lift aquatint; major print publisher Crown Point Press (San Francisco)
- Installation
- Site-specific wall installations (Hirshhorn 'Color Wheel' 2019–2021)
Art historical lineage
Peers
- Joan Mitchell
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Elizabeth Murray
Predecessors
- Barnett Newman
- Agnes Martin
- Jackson Pollock (drip method)
- Song Dynasty Chinese landscape painters
- Students and influenced
- Multiple generations of artists through teaching at Parsons, Princeton, CalArts, Hunter College
Style and visual language
Signature
Large-scale poured and dripped oil paint compositions in which gravity and chance generate cascading, luminous waterfall-like forms on monumental canvases
- Late career
- Site-specific wall drawings; exploration of color modality ('Painted Rain' blue works 2024); continued formal experimentation through final year
- Mature style
- Waterfall paintings (1988 onward) — gravity-governed poured oil on canvas; the defining body of work
- Early career style
- Loosely associated with conceptual art and minimalism; iconographic canvases and immersive wall drawings from late 1970s–early 1980s
Defining characteristics
- Combines deliberate handwork with uncontrolled pours, splashes, and drips
- Harnessing gravity as a primary compositional tool
- Luminous veils of paint that sweep across the canvas vertically
- Sense of tranquility and awe — countering the 'jittery energy' of traditional Abstract Expressionism
- Large-format, often room-scale, immersive works
- Exploration of aesthetic degradation — breaking down paintings into semblances of themselves
- Color Field saturation combined with gestural accident
Critical Reception
Research updated
Media coverage
Frequency
High — covered extensively in art press throughout career; death in March 2026 generated major obituary coverage in all major art publications and mainstream press
Recent signals
- Multiple strength-7.0/10 signals from Art Newspaper, ARTnews, Artnet News in March 2026 (death coverage)
- Artforum published memorial retrospective confirming death (Strength 6.0/10 signal)
Academic discourse
- Published books
- Monograph published by Hauser & Wirth Publishers (2025); earlier catalogue essays by major institutions
- Teaching legacy
- Taught at Parsons School of Design, Princeton University, CalArts, and Hunter College — directly influenced multiple generations of artists
- Archival resource
- Archives of American Art (Smithsonian) holds major oral history interview (2008) — primary resource for scholarly research
Critical reception
Overall assessment
Broadly acclaimed as one of the most significant American abstract painters of the late 20th and early 21st centuries; widely recognized as a pioneer of process-based abstraction and an important figure in feminist art history
Scholarly positioning
Movements
- Late Abstract Expressionism
- Process Art
- Feminist Art
- Conceptual Art (early career)
- Post-Minimalism
Mentor lineage
Mentored by Agnes Martin — the critical connection to one of the 20th century's great process painters; this lineage is frequently cited in critical literature
Gender significance
Among first women artists to gain serious institutional traction in New York's 1960s male-dominated scene; founding Heresies journal (1977) positioned her as a key feminist art advocate; Smithsonian oral history documents her personal account of gender barriers faced
Art historical context
Credited with reinvigorating abstract painting by introducing chance, gravity, and philosophical rigor into the gesture; described as bridging Western Abstract Expressionism with Eastern (particularly Taoist and Chinese) aesthetic philosophy
Critical quote context
Matthew Guy Nichols (2008) described Waterfall works as 'a rain shower through a Newman zip painting' — situating her within canonical Abstract Expressionist lineage while acknowledging innovation
Key publications and reviews
Pat Steir and the Science of the Admirable
- Year
- 1982
- Author
- Ted Castle
- Publication
- Artforum
Significance
Landmark critical essay calling her oeuvre 'one of the most solid, flawed, directly significant, and wonderful' of her period; republished as memorial tribute upon her death in 2026
- Type
- Memorial retrospective
- Year
- 2026
- Publication
- Artforum
- Significance
- Published tribute upon her death revisiting Castle's 1982 essay; confirmed Artforum's long-standing critical endorsement
After Decades of Slow and Steady, Pat Steir's Market Is Now Moving at a Breakneck Pace
- Year
- 2017
- Author
- Eileen Kinsella
- Publication
- Artnet News
- Significance
- Documented market breakout year; analyzed collector and institutional validation in real-time
- Type
- Obituary coverage
- Year
- 2026
- Publication
- ARTnews
- Significance
- Confirmed international critical recognition upon death
- Type
- Obituary: 'Pat Steir, Whose Waterfalls Dazzled, Dies at 87'
- Year
- 2026
- Publication
- The New York Times
- Significance
- Major mainstream cultural endorsement; described Waterfall method in detail
Don't Go Chasing 'Waterfalls': Remembering Pat Steir
- Year
- 2026
- Publication
- Hyperallergic
- Significance
- Memorial criticism; positioned her work within feminist and abstract lineage
Gallery & Representation
Research updated
Art fair presence
- Note
- Hauser & Wirth presence at major international art fairs ensures global market reach; recent H&W appearances at FOG 2026 confirmed
Fairs
- Art Basel
- EXPO Chicago
- FOG Design+Art San Francisco
- Frieze
- Art Cologne
- TEFAF
Historical galleries
Terry Dintenfass Gallery
- Note
- First solo show — began career relationship with New York gallery system
- Period
- 1964
- Location
- New York
Current primary gallery
- Name
- Hauser & Wirth
- Tier
- Tier 1 (global blue-chip gallery)
Locations
- New York
- London
- Los Angeles
- Zurich
- Somerset
- Hong Kong
- Monaco
- Los Angeles (West Hollywood)
- Menorca
- St. Moritz
- Memorial statement
- Published 'In Memoriam: Pat Steir (1938–2026)' upon her death — affirming estate stewardship
Recent exhibitions
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| Dates | Title | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 28 – May 4, 2024 | Painted Rain | Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood, Los Angeles | Not supplied |
| July 2025 (opened Zurich Art Weekend) | Song | Hauser & Wirth Zurich | First European solo with gallery; new monograph published |
- Representation status
- Primary gallery at time of death (March 2026); will manage estate representation going forward
Geographic market reach
Primary markets
- United States (New York, Los Angeles)
- United Kingdom (London)
- Switzerland (Zurich)
- Emerging interest
- China (Long Museum survey 2021 established Asian collector base)
Secondary markets
- Germany
- France
- Netherlands
- China
- Japan
Secondary market galleries
Lévy Gorvy (now Lévy Gorvy Dayan)
- Role
- Secondary market sales; sold 'Untitled' (2004) large canvas at EXPO Chicago 2017 during market breakout
- Tier
- Tier 1–2
Galerie Thomas Schulte
- Role
- European secondary market representation
- Tier
- Tier 2
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
Vito Schnabel Gallery
- Role
- Secondary market representation; published extensive artist bio
- Tier
- Tier 2
- Location
- New York / St. Moritz
Douglas Flanders & Associates
- Role
- Secondary market
- Tier
- Tier 2–3
Rago Arts and Auction Center
- Role
- Secondary auction — print and multiple sales (2025)
- Location
- Lambertville, NJ
Sources & research notes
Egon’s artist research combines historical auction records, recent sales, institutional history, critical reception and gallery information. Researched auction records and auction highlights are identified separately.
Read prices with their work, sale date, currency and stated basis. Egon’s market assessments are distinct from reported auction results.
Reference: Egon, “Pat Steir: Market Intelligence & Investment Profile.”
Research bibliography · 20 sources
Sources recorded for this artist’s research. This bibliography does not assign every source to an individual claim.
- Pat Steir - Wikipedia
- Pat Steir - Hauser & Wirth
- Pat Steir. Song - Hauser & Wirth (Zurich 2025)
- In Memoriam: Pat Steir (1938–2026) - Hauser & Wirth
- After Decades of Slow and Steady, Pat Steir's Market Is Now Moving at a Breakneck Pace | Artnet News
- Pat Steir, Whose 'Waterfall' Paintings Redefined Abstraction, Has Died - Artnet News
- Pat Steir, Whose 'Waterfalls' Dazzled, Dies at 87 - New York Times
- Pat Steir | 634 Artworks at Auction | MutualArt
- Pat Steir's Art For Sale, Exhibitions & Biography | Ocula Artist
- Pat Steir, 'Painted Rain' at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood | Ocula
- Pat Steir - Artists - Vito Schnabel
- Pat Steir | Galerie Thomas Schulte
- Oral history interview with Pat Steir, 2008 - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Artforum memorial retrospective for Pat Steir
- Don't Go Chasing 'Waterfalls': Remembering Pat Steir - Hyperallergic
- Pat Steir Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Pat Steir Art Value Price Guide - Invaluable
- Pat Steir — Douglas Flanders & Associates
- Pat Steir — Foundation for Art & Preservation in Embassies
- Pat Steir | Whitney Museum of American Art
- Pat Steir | Artnet
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