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(SERRA, RICHARD). Cooke, Lynne, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, John Rajchman, Richard Serra & Kynaston McShine. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 500pp, 450 duotone illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1997 Museum of Modern Art retrospective of forty years of Richard Serra's sculptural work. It includes copious photographic documentation of Serra's entire career - from his early experiments with materials like rubber, neon, and lead to the environmentally-scaled steel works of recent years - including three monumental sculptures created specifically for this exhibition. Also included are essays by Lynne Cooke, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, and John Rajchman along with a transcribed interview between Kynaston McShine and the artist. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-87070-712-4 Inventory Number: 025621