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 Artworks

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Michael Heizer (252 results)
Monotypie (2 works), 1983

Michael Heizer

Monotypie (2 works), 1983

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Study for Double Negative, 1969

Michael Heizer

Study for Double Negative, 1969

Sale Date: February 29, 2024

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Dragged Mass Geometric Exhibiton Poster, 1985

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Dragged Mass Geometric Exhibiton Poster, 1985

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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Untitled, from Lashonda Series, Edition One, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda Series, Edition One, 1975

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Untitled, from Lashonda Series, Edition One, 1976

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda Series, Edition One, 1976

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Monotypie (2 sheets), 1983

Michael Heizer

Monotypie (2 sheets), 1983

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Monotypie, 1983

Michael Heizer

Monotypie, 1983

Sale Date: September 1, 2023

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45, 90, 180 (diptych), 1983

Michael Heizer

45, 90, 180 (diptych), 1983

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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VII-11, from 45°, 90°, 180°, 1983

Michael Heizer

VII-11, from 45°, 90°, 180°, 1983

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Untitled, 1983

Michael Heizer

Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Offering no. 8, 1988

Michael Heizer

Offering no. 8, 1988

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Untitled, 1992

Michael Heizer

Untitled, 1992

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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#3 Untitled; #16 Untitled; #18..., 1976–1979

Michael Heizer

#3 Untitled; #16 Untitled; #18..., 1976–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Double Negative

Michael Heizer

Double Negative

Sale Date: December 5, 2022

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Levitated Mass, 1983

Michael Heizer

Levitated Mass, 1983

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: July 27, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: July 27, 2022

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Untitled, 1967

Michael Heizer

Untitled, 1967

Sale Date: July 7, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Circle IV, 1977

Michael Heizer

Circle IV, 1977

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Michael Heizer

Untitled, from Lashonda, 1975

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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