PURCHASE, NY.- Pat Steir, a major figure in American art since the 1970s, has created some of the most ambitious and challenging drawings of the late 20th century. This fall, the Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, presents Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line, a survey that focuses on her exploration of the vocabulary of drawing. Included are five distinct bodies of her work: minimal and intimate word/image drawings (1971-74); richly delineated serial investigations of line (1975-76); heroically-scaled wave drawings (1983-86); a series of stunning waterfall drawings (1991); and a new, dramatic series featuring broad, dark, gestural marks that sometimes serve as a backdrop for delicate pastel grids (2007-08). This is the first retrospective in twenty-five years to look at the artist’s drawings. Steir is an accomplished painter, printmaker, and poet, for whom “drawing is at the heart of everything she does&#14