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Partially Buried Woodshed [upper right]

1970

Robert Smithson

Artist, American, 1938 - 1973

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Artwork overview

Medium

black felt-tip pen on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Robert Smithson and Werner H. Kramarsky
Dimensions

sheet: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Accession

1998.116.1.b

Partially Buried Woodshed

Robert Smithson

1970

Partially Buried Woodshed [lower left]

Robert Smithson

1970

Partially Buried Woodshed [lower right]

Robert Smithson

1970

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Robert Smithson; gift to NGA, 1998

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

Tsai, Eugenie. Robert Smithson Unearthed: Drawings, Collages, Writings. New York, 1991: 180 repro.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: #13089

Wikidata ID

Q64629094

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