Pat Steir Auction Prices and Value Guide

Pat Steir auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 508 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Pat Steir auction prices: quick answer

Pat Steir auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Pat Steir
Source records
508
Market update
2026-02-16

Pat Steir market snapshot

Pat Steir shows deep auction liquidity with 314 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,896. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-26.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (33.6% · 78 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (40.1% · 93 sales)
  • $10,000+ (26.3% · 61 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$756
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
14
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-26

Artist context

About Pat Steir

Pat Steir portrait
Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0 · Source

Born

1940

Died

2026

Nationality

American

Also known as

Iris Patricia Steir

Pat Steir was an American painter, printmaker, and installation artist whose work developed in conversation with Conceptual art and Minimalism. She became particularly associated with abstract paintings made through poured, dripped, and splashed pigment. Her Waterfall paintings, begun in the 1980s, use gravity and the physical behavior of paint as active parts of the image-making process. Steir also produced a substantial body of graphic work, including prints documented in institutional catalogues, and later created site-specific wall drawings and installations. Collectors may therefore encounter her name across several materially different formats: unique paintings, editioned prints, works on paper, and projects conceived for architectural settings. Museum and library authority records consistently identify her as an American artist and connect her with painting and printmaking, although the collected authorities disagree about whether she was born in 1938 or 1940. That discrepancy should remain visible rather than being treated as settled.

Conceptual artMinimalismPaintingPrintmakingSite-specific wall drawing and installationWaterfall imageryAbstract poured, dripped, and splashed compositions

Common works and media

Works encountered in collection and appraisal contexts include abstract paintings, especially poured, dripped, or splashed compositions associated with the Waterfall paintings; prints and other graphic works; works on paper; and site-specific wall drawings or installations. Paintings and editioned prints should be treated as distinct categories when researching comparable records.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal begins by identifying whether a Pat Steir work is a unique painting, a print or other graphic work, or documentation connected with a site-specific project. Medium, dimensions, date, inscription, and the work's relationship to the Waterfall paintings or later wall-drawing practice can shape which public auction records are meaningfully comparable. For prints, the specific image, edition size, impression number, printer or publisher information, and physical condition should be documented before selecting comparables. Provenance and exhibition or publication history may also require independent verification. The supplied source pack confirms a substantial auction-record presence on Appraisily but does not include lot-level results, so no price direction or market trend can responsibly be inferred here.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Prints and other graphic works

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, including distinctions between unique paintings and prints
  2. Date and relationship to the Waterfall paintings or later wall-drawing practice
  3. For prints, edition information and the identification of the particular graphic work
  4. Comparison with publicly recorded lots of the same medium, period, and work type

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no fetched lot-level excerpts, realized prices, condition reports, or major-auction-house biography. Any appraisal should therefore verify the object and consult comparable public sales rather than infer value from the artist name alone.
  • Site-specific wall drawings and installations may not be directly comparable with portable paintings or editioned prints.
  • Authority sources conflict on the artist's birth year, so dates should be checked against primary documentation when they materially affect identification.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, strong source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Pat Steir

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Pat Steir worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my Pat Steir artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.