Lot 115
  • 115

Richard Serra

Estimate
180,000 - 220,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Serra
  • C.C. XI
  • oilstick on paper
  • 38 by 52 in. 96.5 by 132.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1983-1984.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Private Collection, San Francisco
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Private Collection (acquired in 1986)

Exhibited

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Richard Serra: Room Installation Drawing, Drawings from “Clara-Clara,” February - March 1984

Literature

Hans Janssen and Jacqueline Rapmund, Eds., Richard Serra: Drawings/Zeichnungen 1969-90: Catalogue Raisonné, Bern 1990cat. no. 271, p. 243, illustrated 

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is hinged to on the reverse to the backing board in multiple locations. There is an undulation to the sheet, due to the artist's choice of medium. There are artist's pinholes intermittently along the perimeter of the sheet. There are variations in pigmented surface, due to the artist’s working method and choice of medium. Framed under Plexiglas.
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