Richard Serra signature

American · 1939–2024

176 catalogued lots by Richard Serra record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (56% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

  • lower right10
  • on the reverse5
  • lower left2
  • upper left1

Form

  • signed141
  • signed and dated26
  • signed in pencil4
  • initialled4
  • monogrammed1

Signature as written

Forms quoted in the catalogue entries (how often each appears).

  • R. Serra 84 (!)×2
  • R. Serra×1
  • R Serra×1
  • Don't exclude too much RICHARD×1
  • Berswordt-Wallrabe CR49×1
  • Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 8×1
  • R. Serra 72×1
  • von Berswordt-Wallrabe 86×1
  • von Berswordt-Wallrabe 85×1
  • von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 39×1
  • von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 81×1
  • von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 85×1

Catalogue signature lines

  • Signed on the lower right: R. Serra — Out of round X, im Kinsky, Jun 16, 2026
  • Signed lower right: R Serra — Out-of-Round X, Leonard Joel, Apr 22, 2026
  • Signed and dated "R. Serra 72" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, May 15, 2019
  • Signed with the artist's initials and dated "R.S. '91" on the reverse — Videy Drawing XV, Phillips, May 16, 2018
  • Monogrammiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: Berswordt-Wallrabe 50 — Maillart Extended, Grisebach, Feb 23, 2025
  • Betitelt und signiert unter der Darstellung: Don't exclude too much RICHARD — "Don't exclude too much", Van Ham, Sep 26, 2024
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: Berswordt-Wallrabe CR49 — Vive La Vive La, Grisebach, Dec 3, 2021
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 8 — Untitled (Philip Glass Poster), Grisebach, Dec 4, 2020
  • Signiert und datiert: 84 [sic!]. Werkverzeichnis: von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 30 — Alberta Hunter, Grisebach, Jun 5, 2015
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: von Berswordt-Wallrabe 86 — Vesturey I, Grisebach, Nov 29, 2013
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: von Berswordt-Wallrabe 85 — Vesturey II, Grisebach, Nov 29, 2013
  • Bleistift signiert und datiert: R. Serra 84 (!) — Alberta Hunter, Grisebach, May 28, 2011
  • Unten rechts signiert und datiert: R. Serra 84 (!) — Glenda Lough, Grisebach, May 28, 2011
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 39 — Pasolini, Grisebach, Nov 27, 2010
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 81 — Hreppholar VIII, Grisebach, Dec 1, 2007
  • Signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: von Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 85 — Vesturey I, Grisebach, Dec 1, 2007
  • Aufkleber signiert. Werkverzeichnis: Berswordt-Wallrabe CR 94 — Esna, Grisebach, Dec 1, 2007
  • Signed in pencil on label affixed to verso of bottom sheet — Equal VIII, Bonhams, Oct 7, 2025
  • Signed RS lower right paintstick on paper 25 — Untitled (Drawing), Olympia Auctions, Dec 11, 2024
  • Signed in pencil lower right — Untitled, DuMouchelles, Mar 15, 2024
  • Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower right — Swivel, Kornfeld, Jun 15, 2023
  • Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower right — My Curves Are Not Mad, Kornfeld, Jun 15, 2023
  • Signed and dated by the artist in pencil at the upper left — Vesturey I, Kornfeld, Jun 15, 2023
  • Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower right — Penn. Ship, Kornfeld, Jun 15, 2023
  • Signed and dated in pencil by the artist at lower left — Transversal #1, Kornfeld, Sep 16, 2021
  • Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower left — Iceland, Kornfeld, Sep 16, 2021
  • Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower right — Ohne Titel, Kornfeld, Sep 16, 2021
  • Signed and numbered 16/38 in pencil on the reverse — Level II, Phillips, Oct 17, 2018
  • Signed and numbered 8/28 on the reverse — WM IV, Phillips, Apr 29, 2013
  • Signed and numbered 2/28 on the reverse — WM V, Phillips, Apr 29, 2013
  • Signed — Vesturey I (G. 1546), Phillips, Sep 17, 2026
  • Signed — Weight II, Phillips, Apr 22, 2026
  • Signed — Double Transversal (G. 2005, B.-W. 174), Phillips, Apr 22, 2026
  • Signed — Freddie King (G. 1794, B.-W. 133), Phillips, Apr 22, 2026
  • Signed — Sketch 7, from Sketches (G. 967, B.-W. 18), Phillips, Apr 21, 2026
  • Signed — Between The Torus and the Sphere I, II and III, Abell Auction Company, Mar 22, 2026
  • Signed — Untitled, Abell Auction Company, Mar 22, 2026
  • Signed — Clara Clara I (G. 1218, B.-W. 34), Phillips, Feb 7, 2026
  • Signed — Noromney, Phillips, Feb 2, 2026
  • Signed in black felt-tip pen — out-of-round X, Phillips, Feb 2, 2026

From the signature and inscription lines published by the auction houses in their lot descriptions. ArtSell does not authenticate signatures; a signature matching these descriptions is not evidence that a work is genuine. No house signature photographs are recorded for this artist yet. Back to Richard Serra auction results.