Double Black, 1990

Not on View

Medium

screenprint and paintstick in black on two sheets of coated Hiromi DHM-14 handmade paper

Dimensions

sheet (a): 177.8 × 177.8 cm (70 × 70 in.)
sheet (b): 185.42 × 158.75 cm (73 × 62 1/2 in.)
overall (irregular): 185.42 × 335.28 cm (73 × 132 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock

Catalogue Raisonné

Berswordt-Wallrabe 2008, no. CR59

Accession Number

2000.177.102.a-b

Artists / Makers

Richard Serra (artist) American, 1938 - 2024

Julie Bach (printer) American, active late 20th century

John Fitzgerald (printer) American, active late 20th century

Kenneth Herrand (printer) American, active late 20th century

Joe Lewandowski (printer) American, active late 20th century

Edan McPherson (printer) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

a) "B/B SP 2/2" verso, lower right sheet, graphite on adhered label, artist's hand. "RS90-5191" verso, lower right sheet, graphite on adhered label, unknown hand.
b) "A/B R Serra 1990 SP 2/2" verso, lower left sheet, graphite on adhered label, artist's hand. "RS90-5191" verso, lower left sheet, graphite on adhered label, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

a) "© [Gemini G.E.L.]" chop, verso, lower right sheet on adhered label. "© Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles" verso, lower right sheet, stamped purple ink on adhered label.
b) "© [Gemini G.E.L.]" chop, verso, lower left sheet on adhered label. "© Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles" verso, lower left sheet, stamped purple ink on adhered label.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Fensterstock, Lee, Mr. and Mrs.
Gemini G.E.L.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1488.

2008: Berswordt-Wallrabe, Silke von. Richard Serra, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné, 1972-2007. Düsseldorf, Germany: Richter Verlag, 2008, no. CR59.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 47.78. http://www.nga.gov/gemini