Five Plates, Two Poles
1971
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View on museum website →Medium
hot-rolled steel
Dimensions
overall installed: 243.84 x 548.64 x 701.04 cm (96 x 216 x 276 in.) gross weight: 29281 lb. (13281.774 kg) gross weight (each plate): 5227 lb. (2370.952 kg) gross weight (each pole): 1573 lb. (713.508 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Accession Number
2001.27.1
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...