Mud Flow (1000 Tons of Yellow Mud)
1969
Artist, American, 1938 - 1973
Artwork overview
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Medium
crayon and felt-tip pen over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 45 x 60.6 cm (17 11/16 x 23 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1992.38.1
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1989
Robert Smithson: Zeichnungen aus dem Nachlaß (Drawings from the Estate), Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster; Vestjaellands Kunstmuseum, Sorø; and Kunstraum, Munich, 1989-1990, no. 111, repro. p. 97.
1999
Robert Smithson: Retrospective-Works 1955-1973, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1999, no. 126, repro.
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.
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q64629091