Richard Serra

Stop BS

2004

A large black hooded figure with outstretched arms in front of graffiti reading "STOP".
A large black hooded figure with outstretched arms in front of graffiti reading "STOP".

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Date
2004

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 1/2 × 24 in. (74.9 × 61 cm) Image: 29 1/2 × 24 in. (74.9 × 61 cm)

Accession number
2017.10.105

Edition
Ed. 250

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/56293

Part of a series:
Daniel Wolf Collection of Protest Posters
323 works

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Richard Serra
24 works in the collection, 22 exhibitions

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