Richard Serra
Equal, 2015
Weathering steel
Eight (8) identical blocks, each: 60 x 66 x 72 inches (152.4 x 167.6 x 182.9 cm) Installed in four (4) stacks of two (2) blocks each, each stack: 11 feet (3.4 m) high One: 60 x 66 x 72 inches (152.4 x 167.6 x 182.9 cm), 72 x 60 x 66 inches (182.9 x 152.4 x 167.6 cm) One: 72 x 66 x 60 inches (182.9 x 167.6 x 152.4 cm), 60 x 72 x 66 inches (152.4 x 182.9 x 167.6 cm) One: 66 x 60 x 72 inches (167.6 x 152.4 x 182.9 cm), 66 x 60 x 72 inches (167.6 x 152.4 x 182.9 cm) One: 66 x 72 x 60 inches (167.6 x 182.9 x 152.4 cm), 66 x 60 x 72 inches (167.6 x 152.4 x 182.9 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
East-West/West-East, 2014
Two plates, each: 55 x 13 feet x 5 inches (16.7 m x 4 m x 13.5 cm) Two plates, each: 48 x 13 feet x 5 inches (16.7 m x 4 m x 13.5 cm)
The Qatar Museums Authority, Doha
Promenade, 2008
Steel in five (5) parts with 100 feet between each unit
Each: 672 x 156 x 5 inches (1706.9 x 396.2 x 12.7 cm)
Installation view, Grand Palais, Paris, 2008
Sequence
Overall: 12 ft. 9 inches x 40 ft. 8 inches x 65 ft. 2 inches (3.9 x 12.4 x 19.9 m)
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Matter of Time
From foreground to rear: Torqued Spiral (Closed Open Closed Open Closed), 2003; Torqued Ellipse, 2003-2004; Double Torqued Ellipse, 2003-2004; Snake, 1994-1997; Torqued Spiral (Right Left), 2003-2004; Torqued Spiral (Open Left Closed Right), 2003-2004; Between the Torus and the Sphere, 2003-2005; Blind Spot Reversed, 2003-2005
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
Iron Mountain Run, 2002
Weathering steel in seven (7) parts
15 ft. x 15 ft. x 3 inches (4.6 m x 4.6 m x 7.6 cm)
Private Collection, United States
Te Tuhirangi Contour, 2000-2002
19 ft. 8 inches x 843 ft. 2 inches x 2 inches (6 m x 257 m x 5.1 cm)
Gibbs Farm, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand
Walking is Measuring, 1999-2000
Two slabs: 18 x 8 ft. x 5 inches (5.5 m x 2.4 m x 12.7 cm) 15 ft. 6 inches x 8 ft. x 5 inches (4.7 m x 2.4 m x 12.7 cm)
Fundação de Serralves, Porto
Elevations for L'Allée de la Mormaire, 1993
Ten slabs Three: 68 inches x 20 ft. 6 inches x 12 inches (172.7 cm x 6.3 m x 30.5 cm) Four: 60 inches x 16 ft. 5 inches x 12 inches (152.4 cm x 5 m x 30.5 cm) Three: 52 inches x 12 ft. 4 inches x 12 inches (132.1 x 3.8 m x 30.5 cm)
Private Collection, France
Intersection, 1992
Four identical conical sections inverted relative to each other Two: 12 ft. 1 1/2 inches (3.7 m) high x 42 ft. 8 inches (13 m) along the chord x 2 1/8 (5.4 cm) inches thick Two: 12 ft. 1 1/2 inches (3.7 m) x 40 ft. 10 inches (12.4 cm) along the chord x 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) thick
Kunstmuseum Basel
Fulcrum, 1986-1987
Five trapezoidal plates Four: 55 x 14 ft. x 3 inches (16.7 m x 4.3 m x 7.6 cm) One: 54 ft. 6 3/4 inches x 14 ft. 6 inches x 3 inches (16.6 m x 4.4 m x 7.6 cm)
Installation view, Broadgate, London
Equal-Parallel: Guernica-Bengasi
Four slabs Two: 58 1/2 x 58 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (148.6 x 148.6 x 24.1 cm) Two: 58 1/2 inches x 16 ft. 4 1/8 inches x 9 1/2 inches (148.6 cm x 5 m x 24.1 cm)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Clara Clara
Two identical conical sections inverted relative to each other One: 12 ft. (3.7 m) high x 109 ft. (33.2 m) along the chord x 2 inches (5.1 cm) thick One: 12 ft. (3.7 m) high x 107 ft. 10 inches (32.8 m) along the chord x 2 inches (5.1 cm) thick
Installation view, Place de la Concorde, Paris, as part of the exhibition Richard Serra, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1983-1984
St. John’s Rotary Arc
Cylindrical section: 12 ft. (3.6 m) high x 180 ft. (54.9 m) along the chord x 2 1/2 inches (6.4 cm) thick
Installation at Holland Tunnel exit, New York, 1980-1988
Extended Cantilever, 1980
Hot-rolled steel
Eighteen plates, each: 6 ft. 6 3/4 inches x 14 ft. 9 inches x 1 inch (2 m x 4.5 x 2.5 cm)
Installation view, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1980
Berlin Block (for Charlie Chaplin)
6 ft. 3 inches x 6 ft. 3 inches x 6 ft. 3 inches (190.5 x 190.5 x 190.5 cm)
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Terminal
Four trapezoidal plates, each: 41 ft. x 12 ft. x 2 1/2 inches (12.5 m x 3.7 m x 6.4 cm)
City of Bochum, Germany
Delineator
Two plates, each: 1 inch x 10 ft. x 26 ft. (2.5 cm x 3.1 m x 7.9 m)
To Encircle Base Plate Hexagram, Right Angles Inverted
26 ft. (7.9 m) diameter; flange: 8 inches (20.3 cm) wide
Saint Louis Art Museum
Strike: To Roberta and Rudy
Plate: 8 ft. 1 inches x 24 ft. x 1 1/2 inches (246.4 x 731.5 x 3.8 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
One Ton Prop (House of Cards)
Lead
Four plates, each: 48 x 48 x 1 inches (121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm)
Prop
Plate: 60 x 60 x 1/8 inches (152.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm) Pole: 8 ft. (2.4 m) long, 4 3/4 inches (12 cm) diameter
Belts
Vulcanized rubber and neon tubing
6 ft. x 25 ft. x 20 inches (182.9 x 762 x 50.8 cm)
To Lift
Vulcanized rubber
36 ft. x 6 ft. 8 inches x 60 inches (91.4 x 203.2 x 152.4 cm)
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