Sonny Rollins

1999

Richard Serra

Associated Names
Richard Serra

Artist, American, 1938 - 2024

Matthew Jackson

Printer, American, born 1974

Maureen M. Staley

Printer, American, born 1975

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays a large, irregularly shaped black mass in the center, surrounded by splatters and specks radiating outwards towards the edges against a lighter background. The abstract composition suggests the energy of an inkblot, resembling a galaxy or a dark cloud dispersing in the sky. The interplay between the central area and the scattered periphery creates a sense of movement within the design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Goitia wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L., LLC and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 99.7 × 128.3 cm (39 1/4 × 50 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.23.86

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Berswordt-Wallrabe 2008, no. CR120

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, 2015-2017.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1778.

2008

  • Berswordt-Wallrabe, Silke von. Richard Serra, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné, 1972-2007. Düsseldorf, Germany: Richter Verlag, 2008, no. CR120.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 47.99. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: SP 1/3 R Serra / 99; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS98-3270

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q76439282

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