Strike: To Roberta and Rudy, 1969-1971

Title: Strike: To Roberta and Rudy, 1969-1971
Agent: Richard Serra (1938–2024)
Date created: 1969–1971
Medium: Hot-rolled steel; steel
Measurements: 246.4 x 731.5 x 3.8 cm (8 feet 1 inches x 24 feet. x 1 1/2 inches)
place of creation: New York, New York, United States
cultural context: American; United States
Fabricator depicted: Milgo/Bufkin
manufacturer: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Relation: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Description: While experimenting with how to stand thin plates of hot-rolled steel in a room, Serra discovered that once a plate was wedged into the corner, the plate remained standing in perfect balance and stability without any other external element.

Strike is essentially one tall, thin steel slice that, wedged into a corner, bisects the room and demands viewing from both sides. As one walks around the front of the piece, perception continually shifts: plane gives way to edge to plane again.
material: Hot-rolled steel; structural steel
has technique: hot-rolling
has style period: Minimalist
Subject: perception; Space; Sculpture; Minimalism; the body; Volume (Cubic content); Mass
Type: metal sculpture
place of repository: Guggenheim Museum of Art
Identifier: 91.3871