Videy Afangar #2

1991

Richard Serra

Associated Names
Richard Serra

Artist, American, 1938 - 2024

Mark Mahaffey

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Mark Schultz

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Claudio Stickar

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows two irregular, black, vertical shapes against a pale background. The shapes have jagged edges and resemble silhouettes of leaning towers or rocky formations. The contrast between the dark shapes and the light background accentuates their presence.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    flatbite etching and liftground aquatint on Hahnemühle German Etching wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.2 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 x 30.9 cm (10 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
    framed: 35.2 x 39 x 3.8 cm (13 7/8 x 15 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.177.85

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Berswordt-Wallrabe 2008, no. CR65

  • Series Title

    Videy Afangar


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; Lee and Ann Fensterstock, New York; acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Recent Prints and Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, no. 50.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1511.

2008

  • Berswordt-Wallrabe, Silke von. Richard Serra, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné, 1972-2007. Düsseldorf, Germany: Richter Verlag, 2008, no. CR65.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 47.51. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: SP 1/9; lower right in graphite: R Serra 91; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS90-3158

Markings

embossed lower right: © 1991 R.S. & [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q75123708

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