Artist Monograph

Richard Serra, American

American, 1938–2024

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	26	45.6%
Lithography	7	12.3%
Etching	6	10.5%
Drawing	5	8.8%
Screenprint	4	7%
Textile	3	5.3%
Video	2	3.5%
Sculpture	2	3.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	38	66.7%
Painting & Sculpture	17	29.8%
Media and Performance	2	3.5%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Classification Types

Print — 20
Sculpture — 17
Drawing — 16
Video — 2
Multiple — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	5.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	25.5%
Large (1–3 m)	22	43.1%
Monumental (> 3 m)	13	25.5%

Range: 24.0 cm → 9,140.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	2
1975	1
1977	1
1979	1
1982	1
1985	1
1986	1
1987	5
1988	2
1991	1
1992	5
1993	2
1996	3
1998	1
1999	4
2000	1
2001	1
2002	1
2004	2
2005	5
2006	2
2007	1
2008	1
2009	1
2011	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 2, 210" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 57 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Candle Piece Sculpture Acc. 707.2019.a-b	1967	Wood and candle	11 13/16 × 144 1/8 × 3 9/16" (30 × 366 × 9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Peter Freeman
Chunk Sculpture Acc. 27.2004	1967	Vulcanized rubber	48 1/2 x 18 x 19 3/4" (123.2 x 45.7 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 47.63 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest (by exchange) and promised gift of Emily Rauh Pulitzer
To Lift Sculpture Acc. 458.2007	1967	Vulcanized rubber	36" x 6' 8" x 60" (91.4 x 200 x 152.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 234.1988	1967	Vulcanized rubber, neon tubing, transformer, and wire	Overall 8' 1/4" x 6' 1/2" x 6 3/4" (244.5 x 186.7 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Workstel and purchase
Verb List Drawing Acc. 843.2011.a-b	1967	Pencil on two sheets of paper	10 x 8 1/2" (25.4 x 21.6 cm) (each) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in honor of Wynn Kramarsky
Close Pin Prop Sculpture Acc. 775.2005.a-b	1969-81	Steel	8' x 20" x 10" (243.8 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Cutting Device: Base Plate Measure Sculpture Acc. 974.1979.a-ee	1969	Lead, wood, concrete, marble, and steel	Overall 12" x 18' x 15' 7 3/4" (30.5 x 549 x 498 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 2047.99 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Equal (Corner Prop Piece) Sculpture Acc. 728.1976.a-b	1969-70	Lead antinomy	Plate 48 x 48 x 3/4" (122 x 122 x 2 cm), pole 7' 1/4" (210 cm) long x 4 3/4" (11 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gilman Foundation Fund
One Ton Prop (House of Cards) Sculpture Acc. 286.1986.a-d	1969 (refabricated 1986)	Lead antimony, four plates	Each plate 48 x 48 x 1" (122 x 122 x 2.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 430.92 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Grinstein Family
Rolled, Encased & Sawed from 7 Objects/69 Multiple Acc. 1100.2014.6	1969	Multiple of lead	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired from The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection through the Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Two Plate Prop Sculpture Acc. 776.2005.a-b	1969-81	Steel, two plates	Each plate 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 2" (125.1 x 125.1 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
183rd and Webster Avenue Print Acc. 374.1988	1972	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 31 15/16 × 44 1/2" (81.2 × 113 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Leo and Jean-Christophe Castelli in memory of Toiny Castelli
Circuit Print Acc. 412.1987	1972	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 29 13/16 × 41 5/16" (75.8 × 105 cm); sheet (irreg.): 29 1/2 × 42 9/16" (75 × 108.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	President's Fund Purchase, 1987, Donald B. Marron, President
Circuit Sculpture Acc. 254.2014.a-d	1972	Hot-rolled steel, four plates	Each plate 8' x 24' x 1" (240 x 730 x 2.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist in honor of Harald Szeemann (in exchange for Circuit II, gift of Enid A. Haupt and S. I. Newhouse, Jr.)
Drawing for Circuit Drawing Acc. 31.2016.a-b	1972	Charcoal on paper with cut-and-pasted photocopy on verso	22 1/4 × 30" (56.5 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 349.2008	1972	Charcoal on paper	38 x 50" (96.5 x 127 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Steingrim Laursen Bequest
Heir Drawing Acc. 122.1974	1973	Paintstik and graphite on paper	114 5/8 x 42 1/4" (291.2 x 107.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Newhouse, Jr. and the National Endowment for the Arts
Surprise Attack Video Acc. 1343.1999	1973	Video (black and white, sound)	2 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Television Delivers People Video Acc. 447.1975	1973	Standard-definition video (color, sound)	6 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Barbara Pine
Untitled (14-part roller drawing) Drawing Acc. 174.2004.a-n	1973	Ink on paper	each: 33 x 49" (83.8 x 124.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.25	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 8 15/16" (24 × 22.7 cm); sheet: 9 9/16 × 9" (24.3 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
Delineator Sculpture Acc. 783.2012.a-b	1974-75	Hot-rolled steel, two plates	Each plate 1" x 10' x 26' (2.5 cm x 3.1 m x 7.9 m) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 4816.29 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morton J. Hornick (both by exchange)
Sketch 6 Print Acc. 67.1999	1980, published 1981	Lithograph	composition: 19 1/16 × 10 5/8" (48.4 × 27 cm); sheet: 27 15/16 × 21 15/16" (71 × 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tara Reddi
Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc. Print Acc. 421.1987.1-8	1981	Portfolio of eight lithographs	composition and sheet (see child records): dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Goslar Print Acc. 413.1987	1981	Aquatint	plate (irreg.): 22 3/4 × 17 13/16" (57.8 × 45.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 27 3/16 × 24 1/8" (69 × 61.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Malcolm X Print Acc. 141.1982	1981	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 60 1/4 × 52 1/2" (153 × 133.3 cm); sheet: 61 9/16 × 52 1/2" (156.3 × 133.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Walter Bareiss and Richard A. Epstein Fund
Out the Window at the Square Diner from Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc. Print Acc. 421.1987.8	1981	One from a portfolio of eight lithographs	composition: 14 3/16 x 11 1/16" (36.1 x 28.1 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 23 1/16" (75 x 58.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
The Moral Majority Sucks Print Acc. 693.1993	1981	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Gibson
Clara Clara II Print Acc. 163.1985	1984, published 1985	Screenprint and pochoir	composition 36 1/16 x 72 5/8" (91.6 x 184.5 cm); sheet 36 1/16 x 72 5/8" (91.6 x 184.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Nelson Blitz, Jr., in memory of Clara McKay Blitz
WWI Sculpture Acc. 777.2005	1984	Cor-Ten steel	55 x 64 x 8" (139.7 x 162.6 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 3583.42 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Pittsburgh Drawing Acc. 76.1987	(1985)	Paintstik on paper on thin fabric	6' 8" x 9' 2 1/8" (203.2 x 279.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Denise and Andrew Saul Fund and The Edward John Noble Foundation
Tilted Arc Drawing Acc. 632.2014	1986	Paintstick on paper	19 1/8 x 24 3/4" (48.6 x 62.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Melnikov Sculpture Acc. 203.1996.a-b	1987	Hot rolled steel, two plates	Each plate 57 1/2" x 8' x 2" (146.1 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm), overall 8' 3" x 8' x 10' 10 1/2" (251.5 x 243.8 x 331.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Rosa Parks Print Acc. 278.1991	1987	Screenprint with paintstick additions	composition and sheet: 40 x 82 7/16" (101 x 209.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Egypt Drawing Acc. 223.1992.a-pp	(1989)	Charcoal on paper	(irreg) sheet 13 1/4 x 9 5/8" (33.6 x 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
No Mandatory Patriotism Drawing Acc. 125.2002.a-b	1989	Paintstik on two sheets of paper	93 1/8 x 201 1/8" (236.5 x 510.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of UBS
Cambria II Drawing Acc. 3062.2005	1991	Paintstik on paper	72 1/2 x 36" (184.2 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Dead Weight (Edfu) Drawing Acc. 205.1993.a-b	1991	Paintstik on two sheets of paper on thin fabric	Overall: 149 x 79" (378.6 x 200.8 cm); .a: 79 x 79" (200.8 x 200.8 cm); .b: 69 1/2 x 70" (176.5 x 177.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Arne and Milly Glimcher, Francois de Menil, Charles B. Benenson, and Sheldon H. Solow
Deadweight V (Memphis) Drawing Acc. 1382.2001.a-b	1991	Paintstik on two sheets of paper on thin fabric	Overall: 160 3/8 x 81 7/8" (407.4 x 208 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Doris Lockhart
Hreppholar I from Hreppholar I-VIII Print Acc. 401.1991	1991	One from a series of eight etchings	composition: 24 5/8 x 29 1/2" (62.5 x 75 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 x 37 3/16" (80 x 94.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gemini G.E.L.
Iceland Print Acc. 400.1991	1991	Etching with aquatint	composition: 34 1/2 × 55 1/4" (87.6 × 140.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gemini G.E.L.
The Truce Drawing Acc. 387.2006.a-b	1991	Paintstik on paper	73 1/2 x 144" (186.7 x 365.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Two Rounds Drawing Acc. 217.1996	1991	Paintstik on paper	78 1/2 x 155" (199.4 x 393.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
Untitled Print Acc. 402.1991	1991	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gemini G.E.L.
Vesturey I Print Acc. 403.1991	1991	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gemini G.E.L.
Videy Drawing XIX Drawing Acc. 218.1996	1991	Paintstik on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
Intersection II Sculpture Acc. 503.1998.a-d	1992-93	Weatherproof steel, four identical conical sections	Two sections 13' 1 1/2" (400 cm) high x 51' 9" (1570 cm) along the chord x 2 1/8" (5.4 cm) thick ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 27095.62 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Leo from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio Print Acc. 458.1999.9	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of four screenprints (one with hot stamping), three etchings (one with aquatint), one offset lithograph, and one lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 15/16 × 28 15/16" (63.3 × 73.5 cm); sheet: 27 1/16 × 37 1/16" (68.7 × 94.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jean-Christophe Castelli
Torqued Ellipse IV Sculpture Acc. 1.1999	1998	Weatherproof steel	12' 3" x 26' 6" x 32' 6" (373.4 x 807.7 x 990.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 26762.22 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Fractional and promised gift of Leon and Debra Black
Out-of-Round X Drawing Acc. 36.2014	1999	Paintstick on paper	79 1/2 x 79" (201.9 x 200.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Sonny Rollins Print Acc. 208.2023	1999	Etching	39 1/4 × 50 1/2" (99.7 × 128.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jennifer Russell in honor of Richard Serra and Clara Weyergraf
Switch Sculpture Acc. 125.2000.a-f	1999	Weatherproof steel, six plates	Each plate 13' 6" x 52' x 2" (411.5 x 1585 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 185067.59 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Emily Carroll and Thomas W. Weisel
Bilbao 1 (for Parkett no. 74) Print Acc. 291.2006	2005	Etching	plate: 17 7/8 x 23 3/8" (45.4 x 59.4 cm); sheet: 23 x 27 1/2" (58.4 x 69.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Parkett no. 74 Periodical Acc. 945.2005.x1-x2	2005	Journal	overall: 10 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 3/4" (25.7 x 21.3 x 1.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett
Promenade Notebook Drawing for Obama from Artists for Obama Print Acc. 1625.2009.12	2008	Etching from a portfolio of six lithographs (one with screenprint), three screenprints, three etchings (one with aquatint), and two drypoints with chine collé	plate and sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 3/4" (35 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund
Equal Sculpture Acc. 504.2015.a-d	2015	Forged weatherproof steel, 8 blocks	Each block 60 x 66 x 72" (152.4 x 167.6 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 80000.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Sidney and Harriet Janis (by exchange), Enid A. Haupt Fund, and Gift of William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. J. Hall (by exchange)
Composite for The Met from the portfolio The Met 150 Print Acc. 386.2022.10	2021	Etching with oil stick	sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 15/16" (27.5 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jack Shear