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Hanging Roots by Robert Smithson — VisualArtsDB

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Hanging Roots

Robert Smithson

1969

Medium: Pencil on transparentized paper
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 16 7/8" (34.9 x 42.9 cm)
Genre: drawing
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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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

Robert Smithson, 1970

Trailer Partially Covered with Asphalt

Trailer Partially Covered with Asphalt

Robert Smithson, 1970

Discontinuous Aggregates

Discontinuous Aggregates

Robert Smithson, 1966

Chalk-Mirror Displacement

Chalk-Mirror Displacement

Robert Smithson, 1969

Detail, Surd Deposit

Detail, Surd Deposit

Robert Smithson, 1970

Study for the Sculpture Glass Strata with Mulch and Soil

Study for the Sculpture Glass Strata with Mulch and Soil

Robert Smithson, 1969

Study for Earthwork Proposal

Study for Earthwork Proposal

Robert Smithson, 1969

Chalk–Mirror Displacement

Chalk–Mirror Displacement

Robert Smithson, 1969

Island of Stairs

Island of Stairs

Robert Smithson, 1969