Documented artwork / site-specific landscape sculpture
Schunnemunk Fork
Credit as documented: Richard Serra
Richard Serra embedded four steel plates across a ten-acre field at Storm King. Their placement makes the slope legible as visitors move between separate horizontal edges. Serra developed the composition through topographical maps, consultation with a surveyor, and walks with Clara Weyergraf-Serra. The title connects the branching arrangement to nearby Schunnemunk Mountain. Storm King identifies the work as a site-specific commission dated 1990–91.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 1990–91
- Materials
- weathering steel
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Four plates, each 8 ft high × 2½ in thick; lengths 49 ft 1 in, 35 ft 1 in, 38 ft 4 in, and 54 ft 4 in.
- Dimensions apply to
- Full plate dimensions, including buried portions; not a footprint or engineering specification.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
1990–91
Storm King Art Center
Materials and construction
Each plate is eight feet high and 2½ inches thick, but only about one-third of its length remains visible above ground. The buried lengths and eight-foot terrain changes are essential to the composition; the listed plate sizes are not visible elevations.
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Sources
- collections.stormking.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16