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Richard Serra — WM
Richard Serra

WM

*WM* is a monumental work by Richard Serra executed in etching and aquatint on two sheets of Watson handmade paper. The piece exemplifies Serra's commanding approach to printmaking, utilizing the deep, velvety blacks and rich tonal contrasts achievable through aquatint to create an imposing, weighty presence. The expansive format of the full sheets reinforces Serra's characteristic preoccupation with scale, materiality, and the physical and psychological weight of form.

Medium
Etching and aquatint, on two sheets of Watson handmade paper, the full sheet,

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Evening & Day Editions

October 28, 2014

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Richard Serra, WM

*WM* is a monumental work by Richard Serra executed in etching and aquatint on two sheets of Watson handmade paper. The piece exemplifies Serra's commanding approach to printmaking, utilizing the deep, velvety blacks and rich tonal contrasts achievable through aquatint to create an imposing, weighty presence. The expansive format of the full sheets reinforces Serra's characteristic preoccupation with scale, materiality, and the physical and psychological weight of form.

Medium
Etching and aquatint, on two sheets of Watson handmade paper, the full sheet,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, 20th Century, Male Artist, Etching, Major Modern Artist, Printmaking, American Artist, Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Black and White, Diptych Format, Aquatint

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Brian Stevens, Jonathan Murray