This project showcases three of the first sculptures completed in a body of work that Richard Serra has spent the past four years devising. Involving new methods of rolling steel, these large-scale sculptures take the shaping of space rather than material as their primary subject.

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1. Torqued Ellipse I, 1996
Cor-Ten steel
13' 1" height x 29' length x 20' 7"
width (28" overhang)
Collection Dia Center for the Arts

2. Torqued Ellipse II, 1996
Cor-Ten steel
12' height x 29' length x 20' 5"
width (58" overhang)
Collection Dia Center for the Arts

3. Double Torqued Ellipse, 1997
Cor-Ten steel
outside ellipse: 13' 1" height x 33' 6"
length x 27' 1" width (33" overhang)
inside ellipse: 13' 1" height x 25' 11"
length x 20' 11" width (25" overhang)
Collection Dia Center for the Arts