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Robert Smithson

Passaic, United States · b. 1938 — d. 1973

Painting & Sculpture Drawings & Prints Photography Pop Art Media and Performance 20th Century

Robert Smithson American, 1938-1973

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Born 1938 — Died 1973

1960s

Untitled

Untitled (Proof Positive or Puffision)

Mars is Upset

Enantiomorphic Chambers, Drawing Y

+36

1970s

Sketches for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

Torn photograph from the second stop (rubble). Second mountain of 6 stops on a section

Torn photograph from the second stop (rubble). Second mountain of 6 stops on a section

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

+34

1990s

Rundown

2000s

Sheds

Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island

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84 artworks

Hanging Roots (From Ceiling)

, 1969

Study for the Sculpture Glass Strata with Mulch and Soil

Study for the Sculpture Glass Strata with Mulch and Soil

, 1969

Mono Lake Site-Nonsite

, 1969

Island of Stairs

Island of Stairs

, 1969

Earth Map (White Limestone) of the Hypothetical Ice Cap of Gondwanaland Made Near Uxmal Yucatan, April 1969, Hypothetical Continent (Icecap of Gondwanaland), Yucatan, Mexico

, 1969

Mirror Ladder Tied with One Rope and String with Sticks

, 1969

Hanging Roots

, 1969

Study for Earthwork Proposal

Study for Earthwork Proposal

, 1969

Island Tunnel

, 1969

Ithaca Mirror Trail, Ithaca, New York

, 1969

Spill, Used Industrial Drum of Titanium White Thinned Out

, 1969

Dangling Mirror with Sticks and Vines

, 1969

Earth Map of Sulfur and Tar (Cambrian Period)

, 1969

Letter

, 1969

Chalk-Mirror Displacement

Chalk-Mirror Displacement

, 1969

East Coast, West Coast

, 1969

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

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