Pat Steir, Light on Water

The exhibition Pat Steir, Light on Water brings together two bodies of rare or previously unseen works on paper by the celebrated artist Pat Steir. Known for her paintings, Steir has been actively drawing since the early 1970s.

In 1989, Pat Steir began her famous Waterfall series, in which she cascades paint down the length of the canvas, deliberately abandoning her process to gravity and chance. At this time, Steir produced the six drawings that make up the Light on Water series by...