The Line of the Curve

2004

Richard Serra

Artist, American, 1938 - 2024

Xavier Fumat

Printer, American, born 1963

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on six sheets of Somerset Satin wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    overall: 111.76 × 167.64 cm (44 × 66 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.23.96.1-6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Berswordt-Wallrabe 2008, no. CR166

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1994.

2008

  • Berswordt-Wallrabe, Silke von. Richard Serra, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné, 1972-2007. Düsseldorf, Germany: Richter Verlag, 2008, no. CR166.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 47.147. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

FIRST SHEET. lower left in graphite: SP 1/5; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS03-3364
SECOND SHEET. lower left in graphite: SP 1/5; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS03-3364
THIRD SHEET. lower left in graphite: SP 1/5; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS03-3364
FOURTH SHEET. lower left in graphite: SP 1/5; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS03-3364
FIFTH SHEET. lower left in graphite: SP 1/5; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS03-3364
SIXTH SHEET. lower left in graphite: SP 1/5; lower right in graphite: R Serra 04; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RS03-3364

Markings

FIRST SHEET. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles, California / © 2004 Richard Serra and Gemini G.E.L. LLC; stamped lower center verso in gray ink: One of Six Panels
SECOND SHEET. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles, California / © 2004 Richard Serra and Gemini G.E.L. LLC; stamped lower center verso in gray ink: One of Six Panels
THIRD SHEET. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles, California / © 2004 Richard Serra and Gemini G.E.L. LLC; stamped lower center verso in gray ink: One of Six Panels
FOURTH SHEET. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles, California / © 2004 Richard Serra and Gemini G.E.L. LLC; stamped lower center verso in gray ink: One of Six Panels
FIFTH SHEET. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles, California / © 2004 Richard Serra and Gemini G.E.L. LLC; stamped lower center verso in gray ink: One of Six Panels
SIXTH SHEET. embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Published by Gemini G.E.L. LLC / Los Angeles, California / © 2004 Richard Serra and Gemini G.E.L. LLC; stamped lower center verso in gray ink: One of Six Panels

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