Richard Serra's 1972 Drawing Acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A charcoal drawing by Richard Serra, created in 1972 and titled Untitled, entered the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1975. The artwork measures 29-3/4 by 41-1/2 inches and was donated by John Coplans, receiving the accession number 1975.427. This acquisition highlights Serra's early works on paper, which often explore materiality and process. The drawing was documented in an online entry on August 25, 2011, at 10:30 am, through the publication artcritical, which focuses on art criticism and news. Serra, known for his large-scale steel sculptures, also produced significant drawings that inform his three-dimensional practice. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a major institution, holds this piece as part of its modern and contemporary holdings. The gift from Coplans, a noted curator and critic, underscores the drawing's historical importance within Serra's oeuvre and its preservation in a public collection.