Live Auction 14189Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Richard Serra (B. 1938)
Lot 799 Property from a Distinguished Estate

Richard Serra (B. 1938)

Catalyst II

Closed18 May 2017

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USD 187,500

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Richard Serra (B. 1938)
Catalyst II
paintstick on paper
27 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (69.8 x 80.6 cm.)
Executed in 2001.

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“There is no way to make a drawing—there is only drawing.” (R. Serra in interview with L. Borden in 1977, Richard Serra: Interviews, Etc. 1970-1980, eds. R. Serra and C. Weyergraft-Serra, New York, 1980, p. 76)