Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Untitled, 1971
Charcoal on paper; 26 1/4 x 40 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: Savage

Untitled

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Untitled, 1972
Charcoal on paper; 29 3/4 x 41 1/2 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John Coplans, 1975 (1975.427)
© Richard Serra
Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Untitled, 1972–1973
Paintstick on paper; 37 13/16 x 50 in.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase with funds from Susan Morse Hilles, 74.10
© Richard Serra
Photo: Sheldan C. Collins

Heir

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Heir, 1973
Paintstick and graphite on paper; 9 ft. 6 5/8 in. x 42 1/4 in.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired with matching funds from Mr. and Mrs. S.I. Newhouse, Jr. and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1974
© Richard Serra
Photo: Thomas Greisel

Untitled

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Untitled, 1973
Paintstick and charcoal on paper; 50 x 38 in.
Collection of Mary and Harold Zlot
© Richard Serra
Photo: Ben Blackwell

Abstract Slavery

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Abstract Slavery, 1974
Paintstick on Belgian linen; 9 ft. 6 in. x 17 ft. 8 in.
Stedelijk Museum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
© Richard Serra
Photo: Robert Mates and Paul Katz

Diamond

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Diamond, 1974/2011
Paintstick on Belgian linen; 9 ft. 7 in. x 9 ft. 7 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

Institutionalized Abstract Art

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Institutionalized Abstract Art, 1976/2011
Paintstick drawn on the wall of the Art Institute of Chicago on the occasion of the seventy-second American exhibition, 86 x 89 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra

Taraval Beach

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Taraval Beach, 1977/2011
Paintstick on Belgian linen; shown installed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: BeVan Davies

Blank

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Blank, 1978
Paintstick on Belgian linen; 2 parts, each 10 ft. 1/4 in. x 10 ft. 1/4 in.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
© Richard Serra
Photo: Gianfranco Gorgoni

Notebook: Tilted Arc

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Notebook: Tilted Arc, 1988
Charcoal on paper; sheet: 18 x 24 in.
Collection of the artist
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

The United States Government Destroys Art

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
The United States Government Destroys Art, 1989
Paintstick on two sheets of paper; 9 ft. 5 in. x 17 ft. 11 1/4 in.
The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection, Los Angeles
© Richard Serra
Photo: Dorothy Zeidman

Notebook: Saqqara pyramid, Egypt

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Notebook: Saqqara pyramid, Egypt, 1990
Charcoal on paper; sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.
Collection of the artist
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

Notebook: Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Notebook: Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France, 1991
Graphite on paper; sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Collection of the artist
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

Notebook: Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Notebook: Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France, 1991
Graphite on paper; sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Collection of the artist
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

Weight and Measure IX

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Weight and Measure IX, 1994
Paintstick on two sheets of double laminated Hiromi paper; 11 ft. 11 3/4 in. x 80 1/8 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: Ellen Page Wilson

out-of-round X

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
out-of-round X, 1999
Paintstick on handmade Hiromi paper; 79 1/2 x 79 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

September

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
September, 2001
Paintstick on handmade paper; 50 x 51 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

Notebook: Double Torqued Ellipses, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Notebook: Double Torqued Ellipses, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, 2005
Paintstick on paper; sheet: 12 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.
Collection of the artist
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever

Solid #13

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Richard Serra (American, b. 1939)
Solid #13, 2008
Paintstick on handmade paper; 40 x 40 in.
Private collection
© Richard Serra
Photo: Rob McKeever