The Destruction of Tilted arc : documents / edited by Clara Weyergraf-Serra and Martha Buskirk ; introduction by Richard Serra.

"An October book.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.

Chronology -- Pt. I. Correspondence and documents preceding the public hearing. Introduction ; General Services Administration factsheet concerning the Art-in-architecture Program for Federal buildings ; Memo from David R. Dibner to the Contracting Officer, March 3, 1980 ; Letter from Edward D. Re to Gerald P. Carmen, August 18, 1981 ; Letter from Edward D. Re to Ray Kline, November 5, 1984 ; Letter from Ray Kline to Edward D. Re, December 10, 1984 ; Memo from Lester L. Mitchell to William J. Diamond, December 10, 1984 ; Memo from William J. Diamond to Lester L. Mitchell (no date) ; Letter from Barbara G. Gerwin to Henry R. Stern, December 7, 1984 ; Letter from Barbara G. Gerwin to Lisa Taylor, December 10, 1984 ; Letter from Randall Bourscheidt to William J. Diamond, December 17, 1984 ; Letter from Barbara G. Gerwin to John C. Egan, December 21, 1984 ; Letter from David R. Collens to Barbara G. Gerwin, December 26, 1984 ; Letter from Richard Serra to Donald Thalacker, January 1, 1985 ; Letter from John C. Egan to Barbara G. Gerwin, January 4, 1985 ; Letter from H. Peter Stern to William J. Diamond, January 21, 1985 ; Letter from Frederieke S. Taylor and Stephen S. Halsey to William J. Diamond, January 23, 1985 ; Memo from Ray Kline to the Regional Administrators, General Service Administration, January 30, 1985 ; Text of the First Presidential Award for Design Excellence, awarded to the GSA's Art-in-architecture Program on January 30, 1985 ; Letter from Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum to Ray Kline, February 25, 1985 ; Letter from William J. Diamond to announce the public hearing concerning Tilted arc (no date) ; United States General Service Administration, notice of public hearing to be held March 6, 1985 ; Text of flier (labeled "Speak out!") distributed in the Federal Building before the hearing ; Text of petition (labeled "For relocation") distributed in the Federal Building before the hearing ; Form letter addressed to William J. Diamond, distributed in the Federal Building before the hearing ; Press release from General Service Administration, Region 2, New York, March 5, 1985 -- Pt. II. The public hearing. Introduction ; List of speakers arguing in support of Tilted arc at the hearing ; List of speakers arguing for removal of Tilted arc at the hearing ; Selected statements arguing in support of Tilted arc ; Selected statements arguing for removal of Tilted arc --

Pt. III. Correspondence and documents subsequent to the public hearing. Letter from Richard Serra to William J. Diamond (no date) ; Letter from William Diamond to Dwight Ink, April 10, 1985 ; Letter from Gustave Harrow to Dwight Ink, April 23, 1985 ; Letter from Jerald Ordover to Dwight Ink, April 24, 1985 ; Letter from William Diamond to Dwight Ink, May 1, 1985 ; Letter from Senators Howard M. Metzenbaum and Edward M. Kennedy and Representatives Tom Downey, Frank Horton, Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Jim Jeffords to Dwight Ink, May 6, 1985 ; Memo from Donald W. Thalacker to Dwight Ink, May 9, 1985 ; Dwight Ink, decision on Tilted arc ; Letter from Senator Thomas F. Eagleton to Dwight Ink, May 31, 1985 ; Form letter from Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., to Gustave Harrow in response to Richard Serra's application for a copyright for Tilted arc, June 20, 1986 ; Letter from Gustave Harrow to Harriet Oler, Examining Unit, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, July 17, 1986 ; Letter from James Allgeyer to Gustave Harrow, August 11, 1986 ; List of members of National Endowment for the Arts Tilted Arc Site Review Advisory Panel ; Paper presented by Richard Serra to Tilted Arc Site Review Advisory Panel, December 15, 1987 ; Letter from Frank Hodsoll to Terence C. Golden, January 5, 1988 -- Pt. IV. Tilted arc in court. Summary of complaint filed by Richard Serra in the U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York, December 17, 1986 [edited] ; Decision by Judge Milton Pollack, August 31, 1987 [edited] ; Appeal filed by Richard Serra in U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, December 15, 1987 ; Brief filed by the defendants, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 26, 1988 [edited] ; Decision by Judge Jon O. Newman, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 27, 1988 -- Pt. V. The destruction of Tilted arc. Complaint filed by Richard Serra in U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York, March 10, 1989 ; Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works [excerpt] ; Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 [excerpts] ; Letter from Jay Topkis to Richard M. Schwartz and Jed L. Rubenfeld, March 15, 1989 ; Press release from Jay Topkis and Leslie Urfirer Cornfeld, March 15, 1989 ; Interview with William J. Diamond, conducted by Shu Lea Cheang, March 15, 1989 [excerpts].

Documents from the public hearing and court proceedings concerning the destruction of Richard Serra's sculpture Tilted Arc by the General Services Administration (U.S.).

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