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Marian Goodman Gallery

New York / Paris / Los Angeles

Robert Smithson

(American, 1938–1973)

untitled by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Untitled, 1964

Price on Request

blind in the valley of suicides by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Blind in the Valley of Suicides, 1962

Price on Request

occult books by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Occult Books, 1963

Price on Request

robert smithson: sculpture curated by robert hobbs by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson: Sculpture curated by Robert Hobbs, 1980–1982

1,200 USD

robert smithson utah map poster for spiral jetty film screening at dwan new york, ace los angeles, and vancouver by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson Utah Map Poster for Spiral Jetty Film Screening at Dwan New York, Ace Los Angeles, and Vancouver

5,000 USD

smithson poster for the artist's gallery by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Smithson poster for the Artist's Gallery, 1959

5,000 USD

movie treatment poster for spiral jetty by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Movie Treatment Poster for Spiral Jetty, 1970

3,500 USD

poster for robert smithson’s 1962 monographic exhibition at richard castellane gallery, new york: exhibition of paintings and drawings for lent by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Poster for Robert Smithson’s 1962 monographic exhibition at Richard Castellane Gallery, New York: Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings for Lent, 1962

3,500 USD

original press release by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Original Press Release

1,200 USD

mass portfolio: red clay from hebron placed at mt. moriah by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Mass Portfolio: Red Clay from Hebron Placed at Mt. Moriah , 1969

3,500 USD

5730 "mirror trail" -- robert smithson (c) 1969 jewish museum publication by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

5730 "Mirror Trail" -- Robert Smithson (c) 1969 Jewish Museum Publication, 1969

5,000 USD

ephemera - island project postcard by robert smithson

Robert Smithson

Ephemera - Island Project postcard, 1970

350 USD

Biography

Timeline

1938
Born in Passaic, New Jersey
1953
Wins scholarship to the Art Students League in New York
1956
Studies at the Brooklyn Museum School
1959
Taught art at the Police Athletic League in New York and had his first solo exhibition at the Artists Gallery in New York
1970
Begins the construction of large site-specific earth work - Spiral Jetty
1973
Died July 20th in Amarillo, Texas

Exhibitions

2004 - 2005
Robert Smithson Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2003
Robert Smithson in Vancouver: A Fragment of a Greater Fragmentation, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
Rundown co-organization, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2001
Robert Smithson: Mapping Dislocations, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2000
Robert Smithson, Kunsthalle Wein am Karlsplatz, Austria
1999
Language to be looked at And/or Things to be Read, James Cohan Gallery, New York
Robert Smithson Retrospective: Works 1956-1973, The National Museum of Contemporary Art
1997
Robert Smithson: Dead Tree, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York
Issues of Entropy: Robert Smithson
1996
Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy

Literature

Eugenie Tsai, Robert Smithson Unearthed: Drawings, Collages, Writings (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991) illustration 2.
English (US)

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