Level V
2013
Level V is a monumental etching on paper by Richard Serra from 2013, edition 11/22. This work exemplifies Serra's exploration of dense, dark tonal fields and his investigation of weight, mass, and surface through the printmaking medium. The deep black square creates an imposing presence that reflects Serra's sculptural concerns translated to paper. Originally purchased from Gemini G.E.L. with professional platform framing.
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Ellsworth Kelly
American · b. 1923
Kelly's reductive black paintings and prints share Serra's commitment to monochromatic flatness and imposing tonal weight, using singular dense fields of black to create a powerful physical presence on a two dimensional surface.
Pierre Soulages
French · b. 1919
Soulages devoted his practice to the expressive and material qualities of pure black, creating dense monochromatic works that investigate light, surface, and weight in ways that closely parallel Serra's exploration of dark tonal fields in this etching.
Brice Marden
American · b. 1938
Marden's early monochromatic paintings and prints employ dense layered surfaces of muted and dark tones that share Serra's interest in materiality, gravity, and the meditative weight of a single unified field of color.
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