Harvard Art Museums > 5.2005: Stop B S Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Stop B S (Richard Serra) , 5.2005,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/51545. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 5.2005 People Richard Serra, American (San Francisco, CA 1938 - 2024 Orient, NY) Title Stop B S Classification Prints Work Type print Date 2004 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/51545 Physical Descriptions Technique Photolithograph Dimensions image: 150 x 122.5 cm (59 1/16 x 48 1/4 in.) framed: 157.8 x 130.1 x 5 cm (62 1/8 x 51 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, at l.l., "Serra 2004" inscription: lower edge, left, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: edition numbering, signature, date: 57/250 R Serra 2004 blind stamp: paper left corner, compression: publisher's (Gemini GEL) chopmark Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan Copyright © Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Object Number 5.2005 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary This print was produced as a benefit for a Kerry-Edwards political action committee. It was the alternate, so to speak, to a portfolio of ten prints by ten different artists; all of these were produced by Gemini (GEL). The portfolio also included this image by Serra, but in much reduced dimensions and with the inscription and much of the smudgy background eliminated. This large image must reproduce far more faithfully the original drawing by the artist. Serra's work is resolutely abstract; that the political imperative of the moment moved him to figuration makes this poster especially interesting. One wonders whether its impact will remain so strong after the photograph of a tortured Iraqi prisoner on which it was based has faded from our collective memory. There is, of course, a long history of printed images of war-time atrocities, and those by Goya, for instance, remain as searing as ever. Exhibition History DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/23/2016 - 01/08/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
