342
Pat Steir
Red Tree, Blue Sky, Blue Water (Triptych), 1984.
Oil on canvas, 3 parts
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,160 - 26,880
342
Pat Steir
Red Tree, Blue Sky, Blue Water (Triptych), 1984.
Oil on canvas, 3 parts
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,160 - 26,880
Pat Steir
1938 - 2026
Red Tree, Blue Sky, Blue Water (Triptych). 1984.
Oil on canvas, 3 parts.
The first two sections of the painting are monogrammed and dated on the folded canvas. The third section of the painting is signed on the folded canvas. The first section of the painting is also titled on the stretcher.
Each panel is numbered in sequence, as well as inscribed “TOP” and with a direction arrow on the folded canvas. Overall dimensions (excluding gaps): 152.5 x 457.5 cm (60 x 180.1 in). Each: 152,5 x 152,5 cm (60 x 60 in).
[CH].
• Using a wide variety of painting techniques, Pat Steir creates dynamic, immersive visual worlds.
• A trip to Japan in the early 1980s and her exploration of Japanese and Chinese landscape painting proved to be formative for her artistic work at that time.
• Paintings by the late artist are in the most important American collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.
• Art critic Andrew Russeth described her in his obituary as “one of the key artists of her generation” (New York Times, March 25, 2026).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam.
Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the above in 1985).
Private collection (acquired from the above, Tajan, Paris).
EXHIBITION: Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, 1984.
Vincent van Gogh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1987.
LITERATURE: Doris von Drathen, Pat Steir Paintings, Milan 2007, pp. 150ff. (with ill.).
“I’m not trying to do something to you. I’m not trying to make you see yourself. [.] I’m giving you the opportunity to stand there and become part of the painting. But if you want to walk by, there’s nothing stopping you.”
Pat Steir in a conversation with Julia Felsenthal, in: New York Times Style Magazine, July 21, 2020, quoted from: Andrew Russeth, Pat Steir, Painter of Luminous ‘Waterfalls,’ Dies at 87,” in: New York Times, March 25, 2026 87, in: New York Times, 25.3.2026.
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 18.22 h +/- 20 min.
1938 - 2026
Red Tree, Blue Sky, Blue Water (Triptych). 1984.
Oil on canvas, 3 parts.
The first two sections of the painting are monogrammed and dated on the folded canvas. The third section of the painting is signed on the folded canvas. The first section of the painting is also titled on the stretcher.
Each panel is numbered in sequence, as well as inscribed “TOP” and with a direction arrow on the folded canvas. Overall dimensions (excluding gaps): 152.5 x 457.5 cm (60 x 180.1 in). Each: 152,5 x 152,5 cm (60 x 60 in).
[CH].
• Using a wide variety of painting techniques, Pat Steir creates dynamic, immersive visual worlds.
• A trip to Japan in the early 1980s and her exploration of Japanese and Chinese landscape painting proved to be formative for her artistic work at that time.
• Paintings by the late artist are in the most important American collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.
• Art critic Andrew Russeth described her in his obituary as “one of the key artists of her generation” (New York Times, March 25, 2026).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam.
Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the above in 1985).
Private collection (acquired from the above, Tajan, Paris).
EXHIBITION: Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, 1984.
Vincent van Gogh, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1987.
LITERATURE: Doris von Drathen, Pat Steir Paintings, Milan 2007, pp. 150ff. (with ill.).
“I’m not trying to do something to you. I’m not trying to make you see yourself. [.] I’m giving you the opportunity to stand there and become part of the painting. But if you want to walk by, there’s nothing stopping you.”
Pat Steir in a conversation with Julia Felsenthal, in: New York Times Style Magazine, July 21, 2020, quoted from: Andrew Russeth, Pat Steir, Painter of Luminous ‘Waterfalls,’ Dies at 87,” in: New York Times, March 25, 2026 87, in: New York Times, 25.3.2026.
Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 18.22 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Pat Steir "Red Tree, Blue Sky, Blue Water (Triptych)"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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