Art Institute of Chicago

Weights and Measures

Richard Serra · 1987

Provenance

Ownership history

The artist; sold through Pace Gallery, New York, to Paul (1925-1998) and Camille Oliver-Hoffmann (1927-2017), Boca Raton, FL and Chicago, IL, Apr. 10, 1989 [sales record from Pace Gallery; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago; Dec. 28, 2007.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

New York, Pace Gallery, Richard Serra. Wall Props and Drawings, Sept. 25–Oct. 24, 1987, cat. 4.; New York, Leo Castelli, Richard Serra. Three Sculptures, Sept. 26–Oct. 17, 1987 (concurrent two-venue exhibition; Pace only).

Literature

Pace Gallery and Leo Castelli, Richard Serra. Wall Props and Drawings/Richard Serra. Three Sculptures, exh. cat. (New York: Pace Gallery, 1987), 44 (ill.), 45.
Pace Gallery and Leo Castelli, Richard Serra. Wall Props and Drawings/Richard Serra. Three Sculptures, exh. checklist (New York: Pace Gallery, 1987), n.p., cat. 4.
Ernst-Gerhard Güse, ed., Richard Serra, (New York: Rizzoli, 1988), n.p., cat. IV (ill.), 349, cat. IV.
María de Corral, Richard Serram Yve-Alain Bois, and Stefan Germer, Richard Serra, exh. cat (Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 1993), 88, pl. 13 B (ill.), 99, pl. 13 B.
Christoph Brockhaus, ed., Richard Serra: Props, exh. cat. (Duisburg: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, 1994), 167 (ill.), 214, cat. 8.
Hal Foster and David Sylvester, Richard Serra: Sculpture 1985 – 1999, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1998), 218.
Hal Foster and David Sylvester, Richard Serra: Escultura 1985 – 1999, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, 1999), 232.
Kynaston McShine et al., Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years, exh. cat. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2007), 219, pl. 140 (ill.).
James Cuno, Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 48 (color ill.), 49, 94.

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