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Artists›Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson

1938–1973

WA-00000118

Land Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

223

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

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Paula Cooper Gallery

2025

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3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Claude Web Search· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Claude Web Search· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata· 92%
LocationWikidata· 80%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (5)

James-Cohanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-smithson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/robert-smithson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5497
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artworks (88)

Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island

2005 · Video (color, sound)

16 min.

Museum of Modern Art

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Bingham Copper Mining Pit—Utah / Reclamation Project

1973 · Photostat and plastic overlay with wax pencil

Sheet: 20 1/8 × 13 15/16 in. (51.1 × 35.4 cm) Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Movie Treatment -- Ring of Sulfur

1972 · Pencil on notebook paper

12 5/8 x 16" (32.1 x 40.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Broken Circle

1971 · Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper

12 5/8 × 15 5/8" (32.1 × 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1971 · Ballpoint pen and felt-tip pen on paper

12 × 9" (30.5 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Film Treatment (Aerial Camera Movement for Broken Circle)

1971 · Pencil on paper

10 3/4 x 8 1/2" (27.3 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Film Plan World Atlas-Index Take

1971 · Pencil on paper

18 7/8 x 24" (47.9 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Quadrants of Emmen

1971 · Pencil on paper

15 x 12" (38.1 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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

1970 · Glassine envelople, offset lithograph

Each, aprox: 29.5 × 27.5 cm (11 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Detail, Surd Deposit

1970 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

60.9 × 48.4 cm (24 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trailer Partially Covered with Asphalt

1970 · Graphite and black fiber-tipped pen on ivory wove paper

48.3 × 61 cm (19 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1970 · Offset lithograph, torn into four pieces, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

sheet (irreg., each approx.): 10 7/8 × 11" (27.6 × 28 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Island of Sulfur (Dollar Bay)

1970 · Pencil and crayon on paper

18 7/8 x 24" (47.9 x 61 cm) (irreg)

Museum of Modern Art

Partial Treatment First Part of The Movie Spiral Jetty

1970 · Pencil on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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

1970 · Pencil on paper

11 7/8 x 9" (30.2 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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

1970 · Offset lithograph, torn into four pieces, from a portfolio of 19 printed objects

sheet (irreg., each approx.): 10 7/8 × 11" (27.6 × 28 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Movie Treatment - The Broken Spiral

1970 · Pencil on paper

18 7/8 x 24" (47.9 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · Pencil on paper

12 x 18 1/8" (30.4 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Sketches for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · .1: Felt-tip pen on paper; .2: Pencil on paper; .3: Crayon on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · Crayon and pencil on paper

12 x 18 1/8" (30.4 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · Pencil on paper

12 x 18 1/8" (30.4 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · Pencil on paper

12 x 18 1/8" (30.4 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · Pencil on paper

12 x 18 1/8" (30.4 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sketch for Quarry Project: Texas Overflow

1970 · Pencil on paper

12 x 18 1/8" (30.4 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

88 published of 164 catalogued · 140 with image

MoMA
70 publishedof 146 catalogued131 img
Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Spiral Jetty
1970 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

24 assets

Wikipedia

Artsy

Approaching the the dry Spiral Jetty on June 18th, 2018

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Walking Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty on June 18th, 2018

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Relationships

Peers & Context26

Walter De MariacontemporaryMichael HeizercontemporaryTerry Adkinsco-exhibited Carl Andreco-exhibitedTauba Auerbachco-exhibitedJennifer Bartlettco-exhibited

Movements1

Land Art

Collections5

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Paula Cooper Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Paula Cooper Gallery

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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2025