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"tombstone": "Plate Roll Prop, 1969. Richard Serra (American, 1938\u20132024). Lead; roll: 147.3 x 9 cm (58 x 3 9/16 in.); flat plate: 116.8 x 121.9 x 1.9 cm (46 x 48 x 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Agnes Gund, 1991.214. \u00a9 Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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"id": 311486,
"title": "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary",
"description": "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).",
"opening_date": "1992-10-27T05:00:00"
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"description": "Nine Young Artists: Theodoron Awards. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 1969.",
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"description": "Group Show: Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, Neil Jenny and Bruce Nauman. Blum Helman Gallery, New York, NY, 1978.",
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"did_you_know": "By rolling, bending, and flattening, Serra is interested in exploring the physical properties of mass, weight, and volume, and converts industrial materials into sculpture.",
"description": "A lead plate, bent at a 45-degree angle, leans against the wall and supports the weight of a tightly rolled tube. Serra preferred lead for its suggestion of heavy industry, its softness, and its lack of sheen. The downward pull of gravity and the simple logic of the engineering keep the metal in place and emphasize the weight and density of Serra\u2019s chosen material. Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Agnes Gund 1991.214",
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"citation": "Krauss, Rosalind E., Richard Serra, Laura Rosenstock, and Douglas Crimp. Richard Serra: Sculpture. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1986.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 71",
"url": "https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/13516127"
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"citation": "Turner, Evan H. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1992.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38\u201379.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 51; mentioned: p. 67, no. 59.",
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"updated_at": "2026-06-04 16:45:52.150000"
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