A heavily applied impasto painting featuring a diagonal black mass of varying textures with whi…

Kirk

Artist Richard Serra (American, 1938 - 2024)

Date2005

Mediumpaintstick on handmade paper

DimensionsSheet: 19 × 24 inches (48.3 × 61 cm)
Framed: 21 3/4 × 26 3/4 × 2 1/8 inches (55.2 × 67.9 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineKirk Varnedoe Collection, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, Gift of Richard Serra.

Object number2006.23

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Copyright© 2026 Estate of Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextSculptor Richard Serra made some of his earliest work by hurling soft pieces of lead at his studio wall. Such physicality and force were a continued presence in Serra’s work as he became widely known for his large-scale minimalist sculptures, often made of sheet metal or other industrial materials. Serra was also a prolific creator of works on paper beginning in the early 1970s. The drawing Kirk, created for the Varnedoe collection in 2005, typifies the style of Serra’s works on paper with its monochromatic palette and thick application of media. Serra applied the paintstick to the paper so vigorously that the resulting surface of the drawing has an extremely dense, three-dimensional, almost tar-like appearance.

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