Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 550,000+ artworks, 51,000+ artists, and 810+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Robert Smithson — VisualArtsDB

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

Timeline

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

Works

84 artworks

Island of Sulfur (Dollar Bay)

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Movie Treatment -- Running Length of Jetty from beginning to end

, 1970

Torn Photograph from the 2nd Stop (Rubble) (2nd Mountain of Six Stops on a Section) from Artists & Photographs

, 1970

Sketches for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Detail, Surd Deposit

Detail, Surd Deposit

, 1970

Sketches for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Torn Photograph from the 2nd Stop (Rubble) (2nd Mountain of Six Stops on a Section) from Artists & Photographs

, 1970

Spiraling Jetty

, 1970

Spiral Jetty in Red Salt Water

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Crossection of Spiraling Jetty

, 1970

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

, 1970

Untitled (Three Spiral Jetty Drawings)

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Torn Photograph from the Second Stop (Rubble): Second Mountain of Six Stops on a Section from Artists & Photographs

, 1970

Spirals

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Movie Treatment - The Broken Spiral

, 1970

Trailer Partially Covered with Asphalt

Trailer Partially Covered with Asphalt

, 1970

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

, 1970

Partial Treatment First Part of The Movie Spiral Jetty

, 1970

Previous3 / 4Next