
Notebooks Vol. 2
Limited edition of 1,000 boxed sets signed and numbered by Richard Serra
Richard Serra(Author)
Steidl (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. February 2026
Book
764 pages
978-3-86930-975-0 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout his career, the renown American sculptor Richard Serra has kept a large number of notebooks and sketchbooks which by now fill an entire library in his studio. Contained within them are delicate sketches of his travels, of landscapes, architecture and of other ideas, some of which the artist developed into mature sculptures and drawings. Serra has personally selected ten of his sketchbooks, two of which he made in Iceland in 1989 and a very recent one from Qatar, which are reproduced here in facsimile.
Machu Picchu steps, Peru, 1972
8.4 × 10.6 in. / 21.3 × 27 cm
44 pages
Leatherbound hardcover
Afangar, Videy Island, Iceland, 1989
6 × 4 in. / 14.6 × 9.4 cm
152 pages
Leatherbound hardcover
Basalt columns: Svartifoss, Iceland, 1989
10.5 × 14 in. / 25 × 33 cm
32 pages
Halfbound hardcover
Saqqara pyramid, Egypt, 1990
8.3 × 10.8 in. / 21 × 27.5 cm
44 pages
Halfbound hardcover
Schunnemonk Fork, Storm King Art Center, 1991
12.5 × 14.4 in. / 31.8 × 36.5 cm
88 pages
Clothbound hardcover
Snake Eyes and Boxcars, Geyserville, CA, 1993
8.1 × 10.6 in. / 20.6 × 27 cm
136 pages
Leatherbound hardcover
Wake, 2003
9.8 × 12.2 in. / 25 × 31 cm
48 pages
Softcover
Torqued Ellipses, Guggeneheim Bilbao, Spain, 2005
12.5 × 14.4 in. / 31.8 × 36.5 cm
52 pages
Clothbound hardcover
Promenade, Grand Palais, Paris, 2008
13.8 × 8.3 in. / 35.1 × 21 cm
84 pages
Softcover
East-West/West-East, Qatar, 2014
4 × 5 in. / 9.5 × 12.5 cm
84 pages
Leatherbound
Ten Facsimile books housed together in a wooden crate
15.1 × 11.6 × 7.9 in. / 38.5 × 29.5 × 20 cm
Limited edition of 1,000 boxed sets signed and numbered by the artist.
More details
Edition
Numeriert und signiert
Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Illustrations
Tritone
Dimensions
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 38.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-86930-975-0 (9783869309750)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
Richard Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938. Since the 1960s he has exhibited extensively throughout the world. In addition, Serra has created a number of sitespecific sculptures in public and private venues in both North America and Europe. Serra's books at Steidl include Sculpture 1985-1998 (1999), The Matter of Time (2005), The Tuhirangi Contour (2005) and Notebooks (2011). He lives in New York and Nova Scotia.