Richard Serra

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Bilbao, Galería Carreras Múgica, Richard Serra: Tracks, April - May 2009

This work is in good condition overall. The edges are deckled and there are artist pinholes in the four corners. There are networks of hairline craquelure throughout the oil stick, particularly in the areas where the oil is thickly applied. In some spots, the cracking has resulted in spots of loss, which are visible under close inspection, including one chip which has detached and is now in the bottom of the frame. There is light oil staining to the paper around the areas of oil stick. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte. Framed under Plexiglas. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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"I have tried to apply a certain kind of idea about the manifestation of drawing in its most simplest of terms. Mainly that matter imposes itself in form on form.  So if you really pay attention to what the matter is, whether it is paper or paint stick or charcoal or whatever it is that you use, if you pay close attention to that material, and the manifestation of the material, it will lead you to its own invention without having to go to a correlative outside.  Without having to go to a representation of something else." - Richard Serra