Mud Flow (1000 Tons of Yellow Mud), 1969

Not on View

Medium

crayon and felt-tip pen over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 45 x 60.6 cm (17 11/16 x 23 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1992.38.1

Artists / Makers

Robert Smithson (artist) American, 1938 - 1973

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Inscription

lower right in felt-tip marker: Mud Flow / R Smithson / 69; lower right in graphite: 1000 tons of / yellow mud; center right in felt-tip marker: Eroded Cliff

Exhibition History

2005: Robert Smithson, Dallas Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2005, (unnumbered catalogue reproduction).

Bibliography

1999: Robert Smithson Retrospective: works 1995-1973. Exh. cat. Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1999: 214, no. 126.