Richard Serra, b. November 2, 1938 / 2024
Richard Serra, b. November 2, 1938 / 2024 (Image: Richard Serra with 'Plunge' (Cor-Ten steel, 2 slabs, 1983), Gagosian, Los Angeles, CA, June 12, 1983. Gagosian, New York, NY. Tessa – Digital Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA. © Richard Serra / ARS, New York. Exhibition: May 14 –June 25, 1983) The Photograph caption reads: "Richard Serra stands between two slabs of steel at the Larry Gagosian Gallery. In the early '70s, when Serra's career was starting to take off, a crew foreman was killed when a steel slab fell during an installation in Minneapolis. Serra says, "I think it kept me clean. I think it gave me a distance". Photograph dated: June 12, 1983.; The two slabs of steel are Richard Serra's sculpture titled "Plunge". It consists of Cor-Ten steel, 2 slabs, 8' by 8' by 9", and was installed for a Richard Serra exhibition at the Larry Gagosian Gallery, 510 North Robe
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