Michael Heizer

(American, born 1944)

Michael Heizer is a contemporary American artist known as one of the pioneers of Land Art alongside Walter de Maria and Robert Smithson. Heizer’s large-scale sculpture City (1972–present) in Nevada, calls to mind both science fiction and the monoliths of pre-Columbian civilizations. “Immense, architecturally sized sculpture creates both the object and the atmosphere,” he has said. “Awe is a state of mind equivalent to religious experience, I think if people feel commitment they feel something has been transcended.” Born on November 4, 1944 in Berkeley, CA, as a youth he went on trips to archaeological sites in Mexico and Peru with his father, who was a professor of pre-Columbian civilizations at UC Berkeley. Heizer went on to study at the San Francisco Art Institute before moving to New York in 1966. In New York, he worked odd jobs, made small geometric paintings, and De Maria, Dan Flavin, and Frank Stella. After initially focused on painting, the artist moved to Nevada in the late 1960s, living on a piece of land purchased by the gallerist Virginia Dawn. Beginning the City in 1972, Heizer has continued to work tirelessly on the project in the decades that followed. The artist continues to live and work in Hiko, NV. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.

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Michael Heizer (253 results)
UNTITLED (MODELS FOR PAINTINGS):A PAIR OF DRAWINGS

Michael Heizer

UNTITLED (MODELS FOR PAINTINGS):A PAIR OF DRAWINGS

Sale Date: February 12, 1991

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Snake #1, 1975–1975

Michael Heizer

Snake #1, 1975–1975

Sale Date: November 8, 1989

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Area project, State of Nevade, 1968–1969

Michael Heizer

Area project, State of Nevade, 1968–1969

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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Simple curves

Michael Heizer

Simple curves

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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Match drop dispersal

Michael Heizer

Match drop dispersal

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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Fixed view. Photo memory. Drawing to..., 1969–1969

Michael Heizer

Fixed view. Photo memory. Drawing to..., 1969–1969

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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Cosmic drawing

Michael Heizer

Cosmic drawing

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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Scientific American, 1970–1970

Michael Heizer

Scientific American, 1970–1970

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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Untitled (Tracks), 1970–1970

Michael Heizer

Untitled (Tracks), 1970–1970

Sale Date: October 31, 1989

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45 90 180 Degrees (#5), 1982–1982

Michael Heizer

45 90 180 Degrees (#5), 1982–1982

Sale Date: February 15, 1989

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Circle, 1976–1976

Michael Heizer

Circle, 1976–1976

Sale Date: February 14, 1989

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Russian constructivist painting, 1974

Michael Heizer

Russian constructivist painting, 1974

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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Matchbooks, 1972

Michael Heizer

Matchbooks, 1972

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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Circle, 1976

Michael Heizer

Circle, 1976

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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Untitled, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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Untitled #5, 1975–1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled #5, 1975–1975

Sale Date: October 8, 1988

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Untitled #6 (aquamarine), 1976–1976

Michael Heizer

Untitled #6 (aquamarine), 1976–1976

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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Untitled #9, 1975–1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled #9, 1975–1975

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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North Dakota, 1977–1977

Michael Heizer

North Dakota, 1977–1977

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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Guenette Deer Island, 1977–1977

Michael Heizer

Guenette Deer Island, 1977–1977

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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Platform (blue pearl), 1980–1980

Michael Heizer

Platform (blue pearl), 1980–1980

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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Circle II (Africa), 1977

Michael Heizer

Circle II (Africa), 1977

Sale Date: May 3, 1988

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PAIR OF UNTITLED DRAWINGS (MODELS FOR..., 1967–1967

Michael Heizer

PAIR OF UNTITLED DRAWINGS (MODELS FOR..., 1967–1967

Sale Date: February 19, 1988

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ACTUAL SIZE: EMPTY CONTAINERS, 1975–1985

Michael Heizer

ACTUAL SIZE: EMPTY CONTAINERS, 1975–1985

Sale Date: February 19, 1988

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