Coltrane
Richard Serra
1999
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View on museum website →Medium
etching on Somerset Satin wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 120.97 × 144.46 cm (47 5/8 × 56 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Accession Number
2000.177.67
About the Artist
Richard Serra
Richard Serra (1938–2024) was an American sculptor whose massive, site-specific works in weathering steel fundamentally transformed the relationship between sculpture, architecture, and the viewer's body. Born in San Francisco, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Yale University, where he earned his MFA and was influenced by Josef Albers's color theory. Serra emerged in t...