id:			157084
accession number:	1993.219
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.219
updated:		2022-10-29 16:00:07.156000

Hreppholar IV, 1991. Richard Serra (American, b. 1938), published by Gemini G.E.L.. Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Brenda and Evan H. Turner 1993.219 © Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Hreppholar IV
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creation date:			1991
creation date earliest:		1991
creation date latest:		1991
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Brenda and Evan H. Turner
copyright:			© Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: von Berswordt-Wallrabem Silke 77; Gemino RS90-3171

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CREATORS

* Richard Serra (American, b. 1938)  - artist

* Gemini G.E.L.  - publisher

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawn, Exposed, and Impressed: Recent Works on Paper from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-01-20T00:00:00
	<i>Drawn, Exposed, and Impressed: Recent Works on Paper from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. MOCA Cleveland, OH (January 20-May 7, 2006).

	title:		Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now
	opening date:   2015-03-22T00:00:00
	<i>Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* MOCA Cleveland (1/20/2006 - 5/7/2006):  "Drawn, Exposed, and Impressed: Recent Works on Paper from the Cleveland Museum of Art," no catalogue.<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now"

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Between 1989 and 1990, Serra created Afangar, a sculpture on Videy Island, a barren mass off the coast of Reykjavik, Iceland. Afangar, which consists of eighteen thin slabs of indigenous basalt installed in pairs, acted as a catalyst for Serra's production of a group of prints that he considers among his most significant work on paper. Although these were Serra's first etchings, he worked<br>unconventionally, biting thick plates to a depth of 1/16 of an inch. The plates were heavily inked so that the resulting<br>prints have a rich, black, dense, rough surface that evokes<br>Iceland's unique landscape. "Piles of lava strata extend to the horizon," describes the artist. "There are no trees. Continuous glacial erosion and volcanic eruptions make for a diversity of geological formations: craters, fissures, fjords.... I was completely taken by the strangeness of the land."
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