Lot 205
  • 205

Richard Serra

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Richard Serra
  • Merge
  • signed and dated 1985 on the reverse

  • oil stick on linen
  • 292.9 by 332.9cm.; 115 3/8 by 131 1/8 in.

Provenance

Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo

Exhibited

Tokyo, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Richard Serra, 1985, no. 4, illustrated
Osaka, The National Museum of Art, Richard Serra: Drawings and Prints, 1994, illustrated
Taura, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Richard Serra: Paintstick on Linen, 2002

Literature

Hans Janssen, Ed., Richard Serra: Drawings Zeichnungen 1969-1990, Catalogue Raisonné, Bern 1990, p. 248, no. 306, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the work is more black in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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