Richard Serra Tilted Arc (1981) was a controversial public artwork commissioned by GSA Art in Architecture Program; displayed in Foley Federal Plaza in Manhattan from 1981 to 1989. The sculpture consisted of a 120-foot long, 12-foot high solid, unfinished plate of rust-covered COR-TEN steel. Advocates characterized it as an important work by a well-known artist that transformed the space and advanced the concept of sculpture, whereas critics focused on its perceived ugliness and saw it as ruining the site. Following an acrimonious public debate, the sculpture was removed in 1989 as the result of a Federal lawsuit, and has never been publicly displayed since, in deference to the artist's wishes.
Richard Serra
Tilted Arc Defense Fund, 1985
offset lithograph poster
published by Leo Castelli, New York
38 x 22.5 inches (97 x 57 cm)
US $495
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