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RICHARD SERRA (San Francisco, California, 1939)."Level I", 2008.Etching, copy 14/38.Gemini G.E.L.
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RICHARD SERRA (San Francisco, California, 1939).
"Level I", 2008.
Etching, copy 14/38.
Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, California, Publisher. With stamp on verso.
Signed, dated and justified on verso.
Provenance: Carreras Múgica Gallery, Bilbao. Private collection, Barcelona.
Measurements: 97 x 161 cm; 110 x 174 cm (frame).
Since 1994, when he began his work "The Matter of Time", a set of monumental steel structures exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, abstraction has always been the leitmotiv of Richard Serra's work. Earlier, in the 1960s, he had already worked with the simplification of forms and abstract reduction by throwing molten lead against the wall of a studio or exhibition space (a clear example of process art). This "performance" was followed by major works such as the "Titled Arc", a gently curving 3.5 metre high steel wall installed in Federal Plaza in New York, a work that once again reflected the intense and profound character of the San Francisco artist. Despite his fame as a sculptor, Serra has always successfully championed other artistic disciplines: video, drawing or, as on this occasion, installation, have taken the sculptor to the top of the international scene, and he is even considered one of the most important artists on the American scene today. The etching now on offer is distinguished by the bichrome used, as it combines a large black surface, which creates a sensation of depth, with a white stripe that alludes to emptiness and existentialism.
Richard Serra is considered one of the most distinguished and well-known artists in the United States. Born in San Francisco to a Spanish father (Mallorcan) and a Ukrainian mother, Serra studied literature at the University of California at San Francisco. He studied literature at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara (1957-1961). During his early years, he worked in a steel mill, an activity that influenced his artistic language. He then studied art at Yale University (1961-1964). Specialising in large-scale sculpture, his fame and the size of his works grew over the years. Gallery owners such as Leo Castelli and collectors such as Emily and Joseph Pulitzer became interested in an art that, due to its volume, leapt from the galleries to the street, an aspect that introduced him to Land Art alongside great artists such as Oppenheim and Javacheff. Throughout his career he has received many awards and grants, including France's prestigious Légion d'honneur, which he was awarded in 2015, the Order of Arts and Letters of Barcelona and the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. His work is currently in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the MACBA in Barcelona, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
"Level I", 2008.
Etching, copy 14/38.
Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, California, Publisher. With stamp on verso.
Signed, dated and justified on verso.
Provenance: Carreras Múgica Gallery, Bilbao. Private collection, Barcelona.
Measurements: 97 x 161 cm; 110 x 174 cm (frame).
Since 1994, when he began his work "The Matter of Time", a set of monumental steel structures exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, abstraction has always been the leitmotiv of Richard Serra's work. Earlier, in the 1960s, he had already worked with the simplification of forms and abstract reduction by throwing molten lead against the wall of a studio or exhibition space (a clear example of process art). This "performance" was followed by major works such as the "Titled Arc", a gently curving 3.5 metre high steel wall installed in Federal Plaza in New York, a work that once again reflected the intense and profound character of the San Francisco artist. Despite his fame as a sculptor, Serra has always successfully championed other artistic disciplines: video, drawing or, as on this occasion, installation, have taken the sculptor to the top of the international scene, and he is even considered one of the most important artists on the American scene today. The etching now on offer is distinguished by the bichrome used, as it combines a large black surface, which creates a sensation of depth, with a white stripe that alludes to emptiness and existentialism.
Richard Serra is considered one of the most distinguished and well-known artists in the United States. Born in San Francisco to a Spanish father (Mallorcan) and a Ukrainian mother, Serra studied literature at the University of California at San Francisco. He studied literature at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara (1957-1961). During his early years, he worked in a steel mill, an activity that influenced his artistic language. He then studied art at Yale University (1961-1964). Specialising in large-scale sculpture, his fame and the size of his works grew over the years. Gallery owners such as Leo Castelli and collectors such as Emily and Joseph Pulitzer became interested in an art that, due to its volume, leapt from the galleries to the street, an aspect that introduced him to Land Art alongside great artists such as Oppenheim and Javacheff. Throughout his career he has received many awards and grants, including France's prestigious Légion d'honneur, which he was awarded in 2015, the Order of Arts and Letters of Barcelona and the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. His work is currently in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the MACBA in Barcelona, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
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RICHARD SERRA (San Francisco, California, 1939).
"Level I", 2008.
Etching, copy 14/38.
Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, California, Publisher. With stamp on verso.
Signed, dated and justified on verso.
Provenance: Carreras Múgica Gallery, Bilbao. Private collection, Barcelona.
Measurements: 97 x 161 cm; 110 x 174 cm (frame).
Since 1994, when he began his work "The Matter of Time", a set of monumental steel structures exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, abstraction has always been the leitmotiv of Richard Serra's work. Earlier, in the 1960s, he had already worked with the simplification of forms and abstract reduction by throwing molten lead against the wall of a studio or exhibition space (a clear example of process art). This "performance" was followed by major works such as the "Titled Arc", a gently curving 3.5 metre high steel wall installed in Federal Plaza in New York, a work that once again reflected the intense and profound character of the San Francisco artist. Despite his fame as a sculptor, Serra has always successfully championed other artistic disciplines: video, drawing or, as on this occasion, installation, have taken the sculptor to the top of the international scene, and he is even considered one of the most important artists on the American scene today. The etching now on offer is distinguished by the bichrome used, as it combines a large black surface, which creates a sensation of depth, with a white stripe that alludes to emptiness and existentialism.
Richard Serra is considered one of the most distinguished and well-known artists in the United States. Born in San Francisco to a Spanish father (Mallorcan) and a Ukrainian mother, Serra studied literature at the University of California at San Francisco. He studied literature at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara (1957-1961). During his early years, he worked in a steel mill, an activity that influenced his artistic language. He then studied art at Yale University (1961-1964). Specialising in large-scale sculpture, his fame and the size of his works grew over the years. Gallery owners such as Leo Castelli and collectors such as Emily and Joseph Pulitzer became interested in an art that, due to its volume, leapt from the galleries to the street, an aspect that introduced him to Land Art alongside great artists such as Oppenheim and Javacheff. Throughout his career he has received many awards and grants, including France's prestigious Légion d'honneur, which he was awarded in 2015, the Order of Arts and Letters of Barcelona and the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. His work is currently in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the MACBA in Barcelona, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
"Level I", 2008.
Etching, copy 14/38.
Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, California, Publisher. With stamp on verso.
Signed, dated and justified on verso.
Provenance: Carreras Múgica Gallery, Bilbao. Private collection, Barcelona.
Measurements: 97 x 161 cm; 110 x 174 cm (frame).
Since 1994, when he began his work "The Matter of Time", a set of monumental steel structures exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, abstraction has always been the leitmotiv of Richard Serra's work. Earlier, in the 1960s, he had already worked with the simplification of forms and abstract reduction by throwing molten lead against the wall of a studio or exhibition space (a clear example of process art). This "performance" was followed by major works such as the "Titled Arc", a gently curving 3.5 metre high steel wall installed in Federal Plaza in New York, a work that once again reflected the intense and profound character of the San Francisco artist. Despite his fame as a sculptor, Serra has always successfully championed other artistic disciplines: video, drawing or, as on this occasion, installation, have taken the sculptor to the top of the international scene, and he is even considered one of the most important artists on the American scene today. The etching now on offer is distinguished by the bichrome used, as it combines a large black surface, which creates a sensation of depth, with a white stripe that alludes to emptiness and existentialism.
Richard Serra is considered one of the most distinguished and well-known artists in the United States. Born in San Francisco to a Spanish father (Mallorcan) and a Ukrainian mother, Serra studied literature at the University of California at San Francisco. He studied literature at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara (1957-1961). During his early years, he worked in a steel mill, an activity that influenced his artistic language. He then studied art at Yale University (1961-1964). Specialising in large-scale sculpture, his fame and the size of his works grew over the years. Gallery owners such as Leo Castelli and collectors such as Emily and Joseph Pulitzer became interested in an art that, due to its volume, leapt from the galleries to the street, an aspect that introduced him to Land Art alongside great artists such as Oppenheim and Javacheff. Throughout his career he has received many awards and grants, including France's prestigious Légion d'honneur, which he was awarded in 2015, the Order of Arts and Letters of Barcelona and the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. His work is currently in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the MACBA in Barcelona, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
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