Richard Serra let go of painting at that moment, but he didn't let go of art. He moved to New York City, and he put together a list of verbs — to roll, to crease, to fold — more than a hundred of them, and as he said, he just started playing around. He did these things to all kinds of material. He would take a huge sheet of lead and roll it up and unroll it. He would do the same thing to rubber, and when he got to the direction "to lift," he created this, which is in the Museum of Modern Art.
Richard Serra libertou-se da pintura, naquele momento, mas não se libertou da arte. Mudou-se para Nova Iorque e fez uma lista de verbos — rolar, vincar, dobrar — mais de cem, e como ele disse, começou apenas a brincar. Fez essas coisas com todos os tipos de material. Pegou numa enorme folha de chumbo, enrolou-a e desenrolou-a. Fez a mesma coisa com borracha e depois chegou  à indicação de "erguer". Criou isto, que é a indicação do  Museu de Arte Moderna.