Richard Serra

RICHARD SERRA (San Francisco, California, 1939).
"Richard Serra: Measurements of time /Seeing is believing", 1996.
Lithograph poster from the Galerie Der Gegenwart in Hamburg, Germany.
Hand-signed in felt-tip pen.
Measurements: 98.5 x 49.5 cm.
Richard Serra is considered one of the most distinguished and well-known artists in the United States. Born in San Francisco to a Spanish father -Majorcan- and a Ukrainian mother, Serra studied literature at the University of San Francisco. He studied literature at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara (1957-1961). During his early years, he worked in a steel mill, an activity that influenced his artistic language. He then studied art at Yale University (1961-1964). Specialising in large-scale sculpture, his fame and the size of his works grew over the years. Gallery owners such as Leo Castelli and collectors such as Emily and Joseph Pulitzer became interested in an art that, due to its volume, leapt from the galleries to the street, an aspect that introduced him to Land Art alongside great artists such as Oppenheim and Javacheff. Throughout his career he has received many awards and grants, including France's prestigious Légion d'honneur, which he was awarded in 2015, the Order of Arts and Letters of Barcelona and the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. His work is currently in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, the MACBA in Barcelona, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.