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Richard Serra (B. 1939)
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Richard Serra (B. 1939)

Model for 'Carnegie'

Details
Richard Serra (B. 1939)
Model for 'Carnegie'
iron and concrete
53 x 24 x 24in. (134,6 x 61 x 61cm.)
Executed in 1984, this work is a model for the monumental sculpture 'Carnegie' (1984-1985) in the collection of the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg.
Provenance
Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York.
Gerard Schreiner Gallery, New York.
Exhibited
Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art, 'An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940', January-March 1986 (illustrated in the catalogue, plate 80, p.159).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

"If you take away the uselessness of art, you do something different than art. I am only interested in sculpture that is unuseful and purposeless. Every use is an abuse. [...] The only way to understand a work is the physical experience of the situation." (R. Serra, in: 'Interviews, Etc. 1970-1980', New York 1980, p. 128.)

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