Pat SteirAmerican, 1938–2026Kyoto Chrysanthemum
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Not on view at present
Where is “Kyoto Chrysanthemum” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Pat Steir made this color woodcut in conjunction with a team of Japanese woodcut craftsmen who were brought together in 1982 by publisher Crown Point Press, San Francisco, for the purpose of collaborating with artists from the Western tradition.
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In this oversized sketchbook-like image, Steir summed up the artistic ideas of the first twenty years of her career. She gravitated toward conceptual and minimal art, and in Kyoto Chrysanthemum, we see echoes of her mentors: Sol Lewitt’s structures, Lawrence Wiener’s fragments of text, and Agnes Martin’s overall grid. Steir first gained attention for her monochrome canvases of crossed-out roses. Here, in this collaboration with Japanese printmakers, she substitutes in Chrysanthemums and X-es them out in red. Of such activity, Steir said, “I wanted to destroy images as symbols. To make the image a symbol for a symbol. I had to act it out―make the image and cross it out. …no imagery, but at the same time endless imagery.”
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 2018.93.2
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Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Pat Steir
