GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The weight and density of Cor-Ten steel is emphasized by Richard Serra's massive pieces, which deliberately suggest a sense of ponderous, even dangerous, balance. The effect is both psychological and physical. Simple as the forms of the Dallas Museum of Art's Serra sculpture are, their dramatization of opposing tensions has an ominous power.
Excerpt from
- Anne Bromberg, Dallas Museum of Art: Selected Works (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1983), 184.
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Serra_Richard: ULAN: 500029327
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abstract (general art genre): AAT: 300417511
balance (composition concept): AAT: 300056247
geometry: AAT: 300054529
Minimalism (post-1945 style): AAT: 300065758
monumental: AAT: 300073760
Postminimalism: AAT: 300112731
public spaces: AAT: 300263422
sculpture garden: AAT: 300008116
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
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PROVENANCE
Before 1976: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY [1]
1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, matching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and The 500, Inc. in honor of Leon and Idelle Rabin, purchase from above [2]
The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts accession record, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted.
[1] See the letter from Robert M. Murdock of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts to Leo Castelli of Leo Castelli Gallery, dated March 8, 1977, copy in object file.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Guggenheim~Explore Richard Serra's work.
- YouTube~See an interview with Richard Serra and Charlie Rose.
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General Description
The weight and density of Cor-Ten steel is emphasized by Richard Serra's massive pieces, which deliberately suggest a sense of ponderous, even dangerous, balance. The effect is both psychological and physical. Simple as the forms of the Dallas Museum of Art's Serra sculpture are, their dramatization of opposing tensions has an ominous power.
Excerpt from
- Anne Bromberg, Dallas Museum of Art: Selected Works (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1983), 184.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Guggenheim~Explore Richard Serra's work.
- YouTube~See an interview with Richard Serra and Charlie Rose.
Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Serra_Richard: ULAN: 500029327
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
abstract (general art genre): AAT: 300417511
balance (composition concept): AAT: 300056247
geometry: AAT: 300054529
Minimalism (post-1945 style): AAT: 300065758
monumental: AAT: 300073760
Postminimalism: AAT: 300112731
public spaces: AAT: 300263422
sculpture garden: AAT: 300008116
sculpture: AAT: 300047090
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Before 1976: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY [1]
1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, matching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and The 500, Inc. in honor of Leon and Idelle Rabin, purchase from above [2]
The main source for this provenance is the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts accession record, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted.
[1] See the letter from Robert M. Murdock of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts to Leo Castelli of Leo Castelli Gallery, dated March 8, 1977, copy in object file.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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