Untitled

1970

Robert Smithson

Artist, American, 1938 - 1973

Gianfranco Gorgoni

Photographer, Italian, 1941 - 2019

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Eileen and Michael Cohen

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 x 25.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.93.46


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eileen and Michael Cohen, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, lower right typewritten in ink on an attached label: Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty April 1970 vesicular black basalt, salt crystals, earth, red water (algae) coil 1500' long and approx 15' wide Great Salt Lake, Utah installation view; lower center hand-written in graphite: 82% p. 17 [inside a circle hand-drawn in graphite]; upper right along edge hand-written in graphite: 104759 104665; upper center on attached sticker: Dwan 29 West 57 New York 10009; on same sticker stamped in blue ink: please credit photograph to John Weber Gallery; typewritten in black ink: Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty April 1970 coil 1500' long and approx 15' wide Great Salt Lake, Utah black rock* [crossed out in graphite], salt crystals, earth, red water (algae) photo credit: Gianfranco Gorgoni; hand-written in blue ink: *vesicular black basalt; center on an attached sticker hand-written in blue or black ink: La Jolla Dub Dep...[?]

Wikidata ID

Q64169848


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