Richard Serra

Rolled, Encased & Sawed

1969

Hollow metal cylinder with rough inner edge resting on a flat surface.
Hollow metal cylinder with rough inner edge resting on a flat surface.

Not on view

Date
1969

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Rolled chemical lead and lead pipe

Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/4 × 7 × 3 1/2 in. (7 × 17.8 × 8.9 cm)

Accession number
74.47.6

Edition
66/100, plus 10 lettered copies reserved for the artists and their collaborators

Credit line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Esman

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

API
artworks/5724

Part of a series:
7 Objects/69
7 works

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Richard Serra
24 works in the collection, 22 exhibitions

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